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Crime is increasingly the biggest concern of Bermuda residents, following a spate of shootings and violence this summer.
Twenty-nine percent of voters — up from 21 percent — said crime was the number one issue facing the Island, in a poll at the end ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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Eight out of ten young people do not want Independence, according to Research.bm's latest poll.
Opposition to splitting from Britain has strengthened since Premier Ewart Brown put Bermuda's relationship with the UK under the spotlight with his Uighur...
DATE: Jul 18, 2009
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The United Bermuda Party has fallen further behind the Progressive Labour Party despite widespread public opposition to Premier Ewart Brown.
Forty-three percent of people said they would vote for the PLP in a General Election, compared to 35 percent ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown is now more unpopular with the public than any Premier since Royal Gazette polling began in 2004.
Twenty-seven percent of people said they were in favour of Dr. Brown — with 57 percent against — in the Research.bm survey carried o...
DATE: Jul 17, 2009
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Michael Scott is the new Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and E-Commerce.
However, neither the Education nor the Health Minister will be appointed in the immediate future, with senior backbenchers said to be so angry with Premier Ewart Brown th...
DATE: Jul 15, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown yesterday pledged to tone down his leadership style in response to complaints from angry backbenchers.
And Dr. Brown said there would be no more "Ewart Brown legislation" following the furious backlash he received over his attempt...
DATE: Jul 15, 2009
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Michael Scott is taking over as Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and E-Commerce in Premier Ewart Brown’s Cabinet.
Mr. Scott — who was Telecommunications Minister from 2004 to 2006, and Health Minister in 2007 — replaces Terry Lister who was sac...
DATE: Jul 14, 2009
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Bermuda's Cabinet should have done more to stop Premier Ewart Brown getting out of control, according to Progressive Labour Party stalwart Eva Hodgson.
The race activist says Ministers should have stepped up and prevented Dr. Brown from repeatedly di...
DATE: Jul 14, 2009
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Progressive Labour Party MPs have had plenty to say about their leader since he brought four former Guantánamo Bay detainees to Bermuda without telling anyone except Immigration Minister David Burch; and then appeared to try and pass the controversia...
DATE: Jul 13, 2009
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Government Ministers Terry Lister and Elvin James left Premier Ewart Brown's Cabinet yesterday — with Mr. Lister confirming he was fired.
Mr. Lister and Mr. James led demands for the Premier's resignation on Friday night after Dr. Brown infuriated pa...
DATE: Jul 13, 2009
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