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Premier Ewart Brown took two bodyguards with him to an American football "bowl" match at taxpayers' expense.
The Premier refuses to offer any explanation why the men — who it's understood were not armed — accompanied him to the Bayou Classic between ...
DATE: Jul 08, 2009
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British Home Secretary Alan Johnson has weighed into the row over Premier Ewart Brown's controversial Guantánamo Bay actions.
Mr. Johnson told the House of Commons he has been in talks with Foreign Secretary David Miliband following Dr. Brown's decis...
DATE: Jul 08, 2009
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A host of bills removing barriers for business will be debated in the House of Assembly today.
Finance Minister Paula Cox is expected to give second readings to seven pieces of legislation aimed at ensuring Bermuda-registered companies operate within...
DATE: Jul 08, 2009
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The United Bermuda Party says it invited public flak to start its reform process as it looks to bounce back from three successive General Election defeats.
The Royal Gazette reported on Saturday how the Opposition came under fire in a self-commission...
DATE: Jul 08, 2009
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Progressive Labour Party stalwart Reginald Burrows is to be enrolled into the Hall of Fame at Ohio's Wilberforce University.
Mr. Burrows — a former PLP MP and Senator — is recognised for his outstanding services to the university nationally and inter...
DATE: Jul 07, 2009
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Old guard United Bermuda Party politicians need to step aside because they represent the legacy which plunged the UBP to defeat at the last General Election, according to a survey commisssioned by the party.
Younger faces within the party, such as Sh...
DATE: Jul 04, 2009
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Former United Bermuda Party MP Darius Tucker yesterday ruled out joining the Progressive Labour Party.
Mr. Tucker — who is understood to have been taking advice from the PLP and is a golfing friend of Premier Ewart Brown — yesterday spoke to The Roya...
DATE: Jul 04, 2009
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MPs will today debate setting up a new Energy Commission to regulate energy costs.
The group will be formed under the Energy Act 2009, which will get its second reading in the House of Assembly today by Energy Minister Terry Lister.
Currently Belco's...
DATE: Jul 03, 2009
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A loophole preventing some couples benefiting from a stamp duty deal has been closed, Finance Minister Paula Cox announced yesterday.
Bermudians married to non-Bermudians were frozen out of an exemption of stamp duty on homes under $750,000 for first...
DATE: Jul 02, 2009
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Anti-Ewart Brown rally co-organiser Janice Battersbee is a lifelong Progressive Labour Party supporter. She is also black.
She has been left exasperated by Dr. Brown's dismissal of last month's demonstrations as a reflection of angry white United Ber...
DATE: Jul 01, 2009
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