Mission accomplished, says departing TCI governor

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands — On balance, there have been good and bad hours, but more good hours than bad, says departing governor of the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI), Ric Todd, in assessing his almost two years in the British Overseas Territory. Todd is in the process of clean...
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Bermuda to get female Deputy Governor

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC -- Bermuda, Britain's most populous Overseas Territory (OT), is to get a female Deputy Governor who has served in the Pitcairn Islands, Britain's smallest OT, Government House announced on Thursday. Governor George Fergusson announced career diplomat Ginny Silva will ...
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Mission ends fact finding visit to Turks and Caicos Islands

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, CMC – A Caribbean Community (CARICOM) fact finding mission to the Turks and Caicos Islands (TCI) will present its findings and recommendations to regional leaders when they meet in Trinidad and Tobago next week. The mission, which was headed by Bahamas Foreign Affairs and I...
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Bermuda government accused of “sheer hardheadedness”

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC -- The six-month-old One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) government has been accused of "sheer hardheadedness" by an independent legislator after it lost three votes in the last two parliamentary sittings. Former leader of the now defunct United Bermuda Party (UBP), Kim Swan, says gove...
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Bermuda to borrow $800 million to cover budget deficits

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC -- Finance Minister Bob Richards announced on Thursday that his One Bermuda Alliance (OBA) government is to borrow up to US$800 million to cover budget deficits for the next three years. Richards told the media that borrowing for the medium term in the current low interest ra...
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Premier rules out gay marriage in Bermuda

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - Premier Craig Cannonier has ruled out gay marriage in Bermuda, declaring “under my leadership, that will not happen”. Cannonier, 50, who came to office in December, praised lawmakers for backing an amendment to human rights law in the House of Assembly last Frid...
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Bermuda counts cost of overweight population

HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC - Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin says 70 per cent of Bermuda's adult population is overweight or obese and the island is counting the cost of additional strains being put on a struggling economy. Gordon-Pamplin, who has just returned from a meeting of health mini...
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