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THE battle for the Progressive Labour Party leadership turned nasty last night, with one camp accusing the other of acting unethically in a desperate bid to quash the democratic process.
Long-time party member Rolfe Commissiong accused former Premier...
DATE: Oct 20, 2006
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WORKS & Engineering and Housing Minister David Burch has been appointed Tourism Minister following the resignation of Ewart Brown.
Premier Alex Scott was forced into making a mini-Cabinet reshuffle after Dr. Brown confirmed his resignation from the C...
DATE: Oct 13, 2006
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ORMER Senator and Progressive Labour Party veteran Calvin Smith is backing Ewart Brown in his bid for the Premiership, claiming "he's our best shot at accomplishing things that need to be done".
Mr. Smith said he had been unaware that Dr. Brown would...
DATE: Oct 13, 2006
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THE appointment of Government MP and former Premier Dame Jennifer Smith as the new chairman of the Bermuda College Board of Governors has been condemned as "highly political" by the Opposition.
And United Bermuda Party MP Grant Gibbons has also raise...
DATE: Oct 13, 2006
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A CAMPAIGN to reduce the stigma of mental illness has had a positive effect, according to a recent poll.
A survey conducted by the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute (MWI) suggests that most people do not regard mental illness sufferers as a threat to s...
DATE: Oct 13, 2006
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THIS summer?s outbreak of shootings and gang violence has garnered further bad press for Bermuda ? this time in the Travel pages of the tabloid .
Referring to the July slaying of 18-year-old Jason Lightbourne and a series of earlier drive-by shooting...
DATE: Oct 06, 2006
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HEALTH Minister Patrice Minors has broken a month-long vow of silence on Government's plan to build a new hospital on the grounds of the Botanical Gardens.
And in questions put to her by the, the under-fire MP denied that she had insisted the controv...
DATE: Oct 06, 2006
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Opposition spokesman on Economic Opportunity Jamahl Simmons threw down the gauntlet yesterday in response to recent comments made by Deputy Premier and Tourism Minister Ewart Brown.
Speaking to an international audience at the African Heritage Confer...
DATE: Oct 06, 2006
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THE dispute between Government and sacked Berkeley school contractor Pro-Active Management Systems has taken another step forward following the conclusion of a court hearing into the controversy.
The behind-closed-doors hearing, which began last mont...
DATE: Oct 06, 2006
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A NEW hospital built on the site of the current facility would be cheaper to run than one built on the proposed Botanical Gardens location ? but not by enough to recoup the additional $100 million in construction costs.
Yesterday, Bermuda Hospitals B...
DATE: Oct 06, 2006
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