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Opposition leader Kim Swan last night accused the Progressive Labour Party of "twisting itself into a knot of confusion" over the oath of allegiance to Premier Ewart Brown issue.
PLP chairman David Burt has claimed the statement — signed by Cabinet m...
DATE: May 12, 2009
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More than 20,000 people visited the Botanical Gardens for the 71st Annual Exhibition, Environment Minister Glenn Blakeney told the House of Assembly.
Six thousand exhibits were on display in the agricultural, horticultural and floricultural event.
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DATE: May 11, 2009
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Race advisor Rolfe Commissiong last night praised Wayne Furbert's race forgiveness motion — and claimed white politicians had not spoken enough about it in last Friday's seven-hour House of Assembly debate.
Independent MP Mr. Furbert's motion called ...
DATE: May 11, 2009
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Bermuda is to grant $20,000 a year to a hospice for AIDS victims in South Africa.
Environment Minister Glenn Blakeney said the Sustainable Development Roundtable had recommended the move to support the Soweto Hospice and Day Care Centre, which helps ...
DATE: May 11, 2009
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Crime is now the public's number one concern — replacing worries over the economy — according to a new poll by Research.bm.
The survey shows 21 percent of people think crime is the biggest issue facing the Island, up from 19 percent at the start of t...
DATE: May 11, 2009
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Bermudian Andre Trott has been charged with murder following a New Jersey shooting — and his co-accused has reportedly committed suicide in jail.
Trott, 29, of Sandys, and Cadre Williams, 31, of Conley, Georgia, were arrested after the killing of Sha...
DATE: May 11, 2009
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Bermuda Post Office processed about 14 million pieces of local and international mail in 2008, Telecommunications Minister Terry Lister told the House of Assembly.
About two thirds of those were local, and the rest international, Mr. Lister said in a...
DATE: May 11, 2009
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Independent MP Wayne Furbert kicked off a seven-hour debate on race with a call for Parliament to offer an unreserved apology for injustices in Bermuda's past that still leave their mark today.
Mr. Furbert began by saying it was "impractical" for the...
DATE: May 09, 2009
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MPs last night passed a motion asking for forgiveness for the role the House of Assembly has played in race division.
The motion — put forward by independent MP Wayne Furbert — called for the House to recognise the impact race has on all facets of li...
DATE: May 09, 2009
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Premier Dr. Ewart Brown's popularity has grown — with one in three people now supporting him — according to poll results released yesterday.
Research.bm's April survey showed 34 percent of registered voters have a favourable opinion of the Premier, u...
DATE: May 08, 2009
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