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Southampton MP Charlie Swan yesterday said he’ll let the people decide whether he continues to fight on with the seemingly doomed United Bermuda Party.
Mr Swan and former Opposition leader Kim Swan are the last two MPs standing in the party members v...
DATE: May 18, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The One Bermuda Alliance has officially been launched with John Barritt as leader and Craig Cannonier as deputy leader.
Former UBP and BDA MPs gathered at the Vasco De Gama Club this afternoon to hear how the much-talked-about political party marks “...
DATE: May 17, 2011
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Tim Smith
Former Progressive Labour Party Senator Phil Perinchief is warning the One Bermuda Alliance could cash in on a growing perception the ruling party is failing badly.
Mr Perinchief urged his PLP colleagues not to dismiss the OBA an amalgamation of the ...
DATE: May 05, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Elder statesman Quinton Edness believes the United Bermuda Party could have won the next election if it hadn’t disbanded.
The former UBP Minister claims the 47-year-old party still had tremendous support and could have capitalised on the public’s dis...
DATE: May 05, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The United Bermuda Party was founded on August 21, 1964, marking the beginning of a fierce, often bitter, two-horse race which would consume Bermuda’s political scene for nearly four decades.
A year earlier, the Progressive Labour Party had become th...
DATE: May 05, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Police seized watches, earrings, bracelets, necklaces and rings in a raid on a home in Pembroke.
Anyone who has had items lost or stolen in recent weeks is encouraged to call the Hamilton Criminal Investigation Unit on 295-0011 to arrange a viewing.
DATE: May 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The United Bermuda Party last night voted to disband and join forces with the Bermuda Democratic Alliance.
Central committee members voted 68 to 14 in favour of forming the One Bermuda Alliance by reuniting with their former colleagues who broke away...
DATE: May 04, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The death of Osama bin Laden has done nothing to heal the wounds for Bermudians who lost loved ones in the World Trade Center attacks.
Pauline O'Connor, whose brother Boyd Gatton was killed on September 11, 2001, says she doesn't want to celebrate th...
DATE: May 03, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Royal Gazette's website and Facebook page were inundated with reaction to Cabinet Minister Neletha Butterfield's argument over seating arrangements at the AME Church last week.
Readers made more comments on that issue than any other, with some qu...
DATE: May 03, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox’s admission she can’t guarantee all jobs are safe has underlined the importance of Bermuda Industrial Union filing its accounts, according to Bermuda Democratic Alliance chairman Michael Fahy.
Mr Fahy has repeatedly called for the B...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
