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Premier Ewart Brown's handling of the Guantánamo Bay affair will be subject of another debate after Opposition Senate Leader Michael Dunkley tabled a motion yesterday.
Sen. Dunkley's motion reads"That the Senate take note of the process by which four...
DATE: Jun 25, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown's salary puts him just outside the top ten highest paid leaders in the world.
Dr. Brown is paid $162,862 as Premier, and a further $54,287 as an MP, giving him a total of $217,149.
That leaves him just behind Australian Prime Mini...
DATE: Jun 24, 2009
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Mark Byrne has resigned as chairman of the Board of Education just over a year after taking the role.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Bermuda managing partner Darren Johnston will be his replacement.
The announcement came this afternoon with Minister of Educa...
DATE: Jun 24, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown and his entourage spent $320,000 of taxpayers' cash on trips in the last fiscal year.
Dr. Brown and his team spent $53,000 on ground transport alone — including $16,000 splashed out solely by Dr. Brown travelling around Washington...
DATE: Jun 24, 2009
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Former Progressive Labour Party Senator Davida Morris yesterday said young people want a new political party — because they're sick of the PLP playing the racecard and censoring free speech.
Ms Morris, 28, says many people her age are extremely mistr...
DATE: Jun 23, 2009
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Less than a quarter of people approve of the way Premire Ewart Brown is doing his job, according to a new poll.
Dr.Brown's performance approval rating stands at 24 percent in the Profiles ofBermuda survey, which was carried out last week as he came u...
DATE: Jun 22, 2009
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Dale Butler has escaped with his reputation intact by quitting Premier Ewart Brown's Cabinet immediately after Government survived a no-confidence vote, former Premier Alex Scott said yesterday.
Mr. Butler has been saluted by Progressive Labour Party...
DATE: Jun 22, 2009
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Dale Butler resigned as Culture Minister immediately after Premier Dr. Ewart Brown's Government survived a motion of no confidence.
Asked about a rumour that he had quit minutes after the motion lost by 22 votes to 11, Mr. Butler, a Cabinet Minister ...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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Deputy Premier Paula Cox last night said the United Bermuda Party's plan to rock Premier Ewart Brown with a motion of no confidence today could fail because of the way it is worded.
The Finance Minister - seen by many as a potential successor to Dr. ...
DATE: Jun 20, 2009
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Cash or the chance to be owed a big favour by the United States are just two possible reasons why Bermuda could have accepted four Uighurs released from Guantánamo Bay.
But according to former Secretary of Defence advisor Charles Stimson, the Island'...
DATE: Jun 18, 2009
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