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The 9 Beaches development has hit another hurdle as today’s Senate meeting was postponed because Senators weren’t given their documents early enough.
Plans to lease public land at Daniel’s Head, Sandys, to developers IRC Sandys, for 240 years, have b...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Former United Bermuda Party chairman Gwyneth Rawlins has dismissed suggestions she’s plotting to oust maverick Government MP Dale Butler from Warwick North East.
Mr Butler says he’s been told at least three Progressive Labour Party members, including...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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Tim Smith
The Bermuda Democratic Alliance has urged the United Bermuda Party to accept it has contributed to Bermuda’s racial divide.
It’s understood BDA representatives called for the UBP to make a statement to that effect during meetings over a merger betwee...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Senior figures in the United Bermuda Party and the Bermuda Democratic Alliance have reached an agreement in principle to form a new Opposition, according to sources.
Some say an amalgamation is now just a matter of crossing the ‘T's and dotting the ‘...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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Politics
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Tim Smith
She’s quickly become Bermuda’s most popular Premier in recent polling history, and has probably already won more compliments from the Opposition than her predecessor got in his entire term.
With an extremely tough Budget around the corner likely to t...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
More than half of voters think Bermuda's two Opposition parties should merge, according to a poll.
United Bermuda Party Senator Michael Dunkley was comfortably the nation's choice to lead the new entity, as insiders say talks continue between senior ...
DATE: Jan 27, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox’s popularity seemingly knows no bounds after she came top in a poll assessing the potential of 13 high-profile politicians.
Seventy-eight percent of people named Ms Cox when asked to choose the best five politicians from a list comp...
DATE: Jan 27, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Progressive Labour Party now has more support than at any time since winning the 2007 general election, according to a new poll.
Forty-four percent of people said they'd vote for the PLP in the poll by Mindmaps: a climb of 17 percentage points si...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Police received double the usual number of job applications during their latest recruitment drive.
More than 100 people, aged between 18 to 48, put themselves forward for positions within the service in the campaign earlier this month.
Police say rec...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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Tim Smith
Bermuda’s number of possible non-voters has shot up in the past three months, according to a new poll.
Just 64 percent of registered voters said they would be likely to vote in a general election in the survey by Mindmaps, down from 95 percent in the...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
