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Thirty-year-old Andrew Simons yesterday followed his father into the political arena as he was unveiled as the One Bermuda Alliance’s candidate for Pembroke Central.
A risk analyst for the Arch Capital Group and Bermuda Regiment officer, Mr Simons is...
DATE: May 23, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Economist Craig Simmons last night urged voters not to be fooled by politicians who claim they’ve got all the answers to the Island’s economic woes.
The Bermuda College lecturer said political leaders are not very good at beating the market, but he w...
DATE: May 22, 2012
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Tim Smith
A resident whose pet was savaged by a Pitbull last night urged Environment Minister Marc Bean to explain why he hopes to relax a ban on the breed.
Richard Keane’s 30-pound terrier-mongrel Meg needed 15 stitches after her neck and chest were ripped op...
DATE: May 22, 2012
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Attorney General Kim Wilson will represent Bermuda at a decolonisation conference later this month.
The United Nations has invited Senator Wilson to its Pacific Regional Seminar on the implementation of the Third International Decade for the Eradicat...
DATE: May 22, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
This is the second part of a report from the House of Assembly of a debate that was sparked when Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards brought a motion on the Statistics Department’s findings that 698 jobs were lost last year, of which 691 were expatr...
DATE: May 21, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The One Bermuda Alliance has retained its seven point lead over the Progressive Labour Party, but increasing numbers of voters are snubbing both parties.
In a new poll by Mindmaps, 36 percent of people said they would vote OBA in a general election, ...
DATE: May 21, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government wasted time and money signing up to a charter it chose to ignore, Southampton West Central MP Charlie Swan told the House of Assembly.
Mr Swan took issue with Environment Minister Marc Bean’s position that the UK Environment Charter was on...
DATE: May 21, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan questioned why Health Minister Zane DeSilva hasn’t addressed reports naming him in connection with alleged irregularities at the Southside affordable housing scheme.
Mr Swan told MPs Mr DeSilva is usually quick to...
DATE: May 19, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards yesterday called on Government to pour resources into creating more private sector jobs to halt the decline in Bermuda’s economy.
Mr Richards expressed alarm that the number of people working for Government had su...
DATE: May 19, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Four sailors were rescued by a container ship last night after their vessel smashed into a whale.
The 38-feet sloop Outer Limits was heading from Bermuda to the Azores as part of the ARC Europe event when it cracked its hull by striking the mammal at...
DATE: May 19, 2012
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AUTHOR:
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