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Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards yesterday confirmed he wants to take over from Kim Swan as leader of the United Bermuda Party as soon as possible.
Mr. Richards told The Royal Gazette young MPs who quit the party in frustration last month had see...
DATE: Oct 13, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown's popularity has climbed dramatically since reaching rock bottom after the Uighurs affair, according to a poll commissioned by the Progressive Labour Party.
The Premier has a favourability rating of 43 percent in the survey by Ame...
DATE: Oct 13, 2009
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Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards today confirmed he plans to take over the leadership of the United Bermuda Party from Kim Swan as soon as possible.
Mr. Richards told The Royal Gazette he has put together a plan he believes can bring the ailing p...
DATE: Oct 12, 2009
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United Bermuda Party Leader Kim Swan says he is pleased a leadership challenge is likely in the near future.
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards is understood to have approached Mr. Swan to tell him he's planning to oust him as leader of the struggl...
DATE: Oct 12, 2009
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A man who imported about $180,000 worth of drugs into Bermuda has been sent to prison for eight years.
Marco Perinchief, 36, of Broom Street, Sandys, had nearly 900 grams of cannabis and nearly 500 grams of cocaine in packages inside his duffel bag a...
DATE: Oct 10, 2009
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He served in Saudi Arabia during the first Gulf War, in Moscow during a coup attempt on Mikhail Gorbachev and as a press secretary in Angola where there was little free press.
But new Deputy Governor David Arkley doesn't expect life to be easy just b...
DATE: Oct 09, 2009
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Former United Bermuda Party MP Mark Pettingill says his old colleagues should keep their noses out of Bermuda's foreign policy — like they told Premier Ewart Brown to do.
Mr. Pettingill, who quit the UBP last month, said it was "constitutionally wron...
DATE: Oct 09, 2009
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Bob Richards hasn't even commented yet on the speculation that he wants to replace Kim Swan as leader of the United Bermuda Party — and already the Progressive Labour Party is plotting his downfall.
The Opposition is said to be likely to switch Mr. R...
DATE: Oct 09, 2009
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A Crown and Anchor operator is calling for the Island's gambling laws to be relaxed — claiming banned casino-type games are no riskier than the game he runs legally.
Bruce Simons, son of legendary Casey's Bar owner Nobby Simons, says many tourists en...
DATE: Oct 07, 2009
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A snap election destroying the United Bermuda Party would be an act of national and political cynicism likely creating an "overweeningly arrogant" Government, according to former Progressive Labour Party strategist Larry Burchall.
Premier Ewart Brown...
DATE: Oct 06, 2009
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