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Shadow Attorney General Trevor Moniz says his possible election opponent Jonathan Smith is "morally wrong" to sit on the Public Service Commission while harbouring political ambitions.
Mr Smith was appointed to the PSC — the body which advises the Go...
DATE: Nov 26, 2010
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The Senate sits for the first time this parliamentary session today — with three new Senators and one new leader.
Former Opposition leader Michael Dunkley will sit among the United Bermuda Party ranks despite speculation over his future following his...
DATE: Nov 24, 2010
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Marc Bean, Devrae Noel-Simmons and Sylvan Richards are the only three candidates in the race to replace former Premier Ewart Brown in Warwick South Central.
Parliamentary Registrar Randy Scott yesterday confirmed no Independents had thrown their hat ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2010
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United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan is to give the keynote address at his alma mater Troy University in Alabama.
Mr Swan, who graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree from the university having been voted its most valuable golfer in 1979, will sp...
DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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Premier Paula Cox yesterday confirmed she has not retained the bodyguards that were a prominent feature of her predecessor Ewart Brown's regime.
Ms Cox also said she does not engage police escorts, while underlining that an audit of contracts is bein...
DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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Some foreign domestic workers in Bermuda are being paid a fraction of what they're owed because they don't speak English and can't read their contracts, according to campaigners.
Union officials are to push for new laws to protect exploited immigrant...
DATE: Nov 23, 2010
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Bermuda Land Development Company's lease over the former US and Canadian Baselands can be extended to 2258, under new legislation tabled in the House of Assembly.
Currently, the maximum lease stands at 131 years, but that will be doubled to 262 under...
DATE: Nov 22, 2010
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Health Minister Zane DeSilva clashed with his Shadow counterpart Louise Jackson after she complained Department of Health staff had been moved out of their laboratory.
On Friday Mrs Jackson told the House of Assembly they were forced out because thei...
DATE: Nov 22, 2010
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United Bermuda Party MP Charlie Swan backed Sports Minister Glenn Blakeney's move to make sailing a national sport.
Mr Swan told the House of Assembly on Friday that sailing is a sport "dear to my heart" which has been part of Bermuda's history since...
DATE: Nov 22, 2010
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Many children are missing out on behavioural care despite Government ploughing millions of dollars into sending young people overseas for treatment, according to the Bermuda Democratic Alliance.
Only "very high risk" youngsters are served by the exis...
DATE: Nov 22, 2010
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