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United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan would have won with his attempt to stave off Corporations legislation — if only he'd called a vote a few minutes earlier — according to Progressive Labour Party insiders.
Shortly after lunch on Friday, the PLP was...
DATE: Jul 27, 2010
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Former Cabinet Minister Terry Lister yesterday launched his Premiership bid by calling for a unified Bermuda and pledging to cut the debt burden.
"Bermuda needs all of us getting in the same boat rowing in the same direction — together," the backbenc...
DATE: Jul 27, 2010
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An unfair system protecting a privileged minority can at last now come to an end, Minister without Portfolio Zane DeSilva said as he kicked off debate on the Municipalities Reform Act.
The Minister in charge of Corporation reform launched a stinging ...
DATE: Jul 26, 2010
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Terry Lister has officially launched his campaign for the leadership of the Progressive Labour Party.
The Government MP called a press conference at Alaska Hall this morning, to announce the move.
He told those present: “While I am standing for elect...
DATE: Jul 26, 2010
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Backbenchers last night seemed ready to approve an historic shake-up of Bermuda’s municipalities in Premier Ewart Brown’s likely last appearance in the House of Assembly.
The Corporations row took a twist late yesterday as Progressive Labour Party MP...
DATE: Jul 23, 2010
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A string of new regulations to encourage hotel development was applauded by senators as they passed through the Upper House yesterday.
Opposition Senate Leader Michael Dunkley said the United Bermuda Party supports the legislation — which removes lan...
DATE: Jul 22, 2010
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If everyone drove within the speed limit Bermuda's productivity would drop, Junior Transport Minister Marc Bean claimed yesterday. Sen. Bean said 35 kilometres per hour should be the minimum speed — not the maximum — and that Police could interpret t...
DATE: Jul 22, 2010
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Bermudian businessman Andre Curtis told a tribunal he's been cleared of everything he's accused of in Bermuda, according to leading Montana attorney Roberta Cross Guns.
The Premier's former political campaign manager currently facing allegations in t...
DATE: Jul 22, 2010
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The Progressive Labour Party is setting up a team to catch a mole believed to have been "surreptitiously leaking information to the press".
Party spokesman Wentworth Christopher yesterday said it was "deplorable" that at least one caucus member appea...
DATE: Jul 22, 2010
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Former councillor Carvel Van Putten says he was treated like an outsider in his time with the Corporation of Hamilton — and that reform is long overdue.
Mr. Van Putten believes his background as a Court Street-based black businessman meant his views ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2010
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