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Premier Ewart Brown has challenged environmentalists to speak out on a plan for a tourist resort at the former US Naval Air Station at Morgan's Point.
He referred to the Island's green lobby during a presentation to the House of Assembly on Monday o...
DATE: Mar 10, 2010
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The committee redrawing the Island's electoral boundaries has finished sitting, the House of Assembly heard this week.
Premier Ewart Brown told MPs on Monday that the work of the Boundaries Commission — which met between last May and January — outlin...
DATE: Mar 10, 2010
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Bermuda could attend a conference in Egypt in October to share its plan for a voluntary national service programme.
Premier Ewart Brown told the House of Assembly on Monday that going to the annual International National Youth Programme event in Alex...
DATE: Mar 10, 2010
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Graduates will be able to apply for the latest round of Government's JumpStart intern programme next month.
Premier Ewart Brown told the House of Assembly that the Cabinet Office would advertise the third year of the scheme in April.
Seven interns ar...
DATE: Mar 10, 2010
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Bermuda's recently opened office in Washington DC will ensure the Island makes its friends in the US capital before it needs them, according to Premier Ewart Brown.
He told the House of Assembly yesterday that proposed US tax policies which could aff...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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Freedom of information legislation will be tabled in Parliament before MPs break for the summer, the Premier pledged yesterday.
He told the House of Assembly that a revised public access to information bill (PATI) had been drawn up after more than 50...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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Opposition leader Kim Swan declared it a "sad day for democracy" after his party was given no opportunity to debate Cabinet Office spending yesterday.
Premier Ewart Brown used an entire two-hour morning session allocated for the debate to deliver a d...
DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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Legislation to allow for the creation of an independent council to govern the media is coming soon, MPs heard yesterday.
Premier Ewart Brown told the House of Assembly: "I am excited to announce the imminent presentation of the Media Council Bill.
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DATE: Mar 09, 2010
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Campaigners fought to save it and the Premier described it as Bermuda's "unspoiled jewel".
The Southlands estate in Warwick stirs strong emotions — and later this month everyone on the Island will be able to see why.
Bermuda National Trust has been g...
DATE: Mar 08, 2010
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A Canadian firm has put in the lowest bid for a contract to work on the Olympic-size swimming pool at the National Sports Centre (NSC).
Bayside Mechanical, one of seven companies competing for the mechanical contract for the outdoor National Aquatic ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2010
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