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Progressive Labour Party election candidates last night promised a brighter future for St George's as they fought back against claims it's a ghost town.
At a packed town hall meeting at Penno's Wharf, St George's West candidate Renee Ming argued entr...
DATE: Nov 28, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Community activist Jonathan Starling is to run as an independent candidate for Pembroke South West at next month’s general election.
Mr Starling, a former Progressive Labour Party member, accuses the two main parties of ignoring the real issues and s...
DATE: Nov 14, 2012
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Politics
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Tim Smith
Former Attorney General Phil Perinchief is today quitting the Progressive Labour Party to run as an Independent in the general election.
Mr Perinchief, 68, a PLP Cabinet Minister in 2006 and 2007, will take on Junior Finance Minister David Burt and t...
DATE: Nov 09, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
MP Derrick Burgess yesterday stated all of Bermuda should be alarmed at a parliamentary committee’s efforts to “score political points” against him over the Bermuda Land Development Company affair.
The former Deputy Premier issued an angry attack on ...
DATE: Nov 03, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Opposition MPs yesterday criticised Government’s “amateurish” handling of the Park Hyatt affair as Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert prepares to meet developer Carl Bazarian.
Mr Furbert last week stated the contract for a new hotel on the old Club Med s...
DATE: Oct 01, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
New Consul General Robert Settje is drawing on personal experience when he says gun trouble is best tackled by peaceful talks.
Mr Settje, who has arrived in Bermuda as the official United States representative, was part of a SWAT team subjected to op...
DATE: Sep 07, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons is urging Government to ease school uniform requirements to help parents strapped for cash in the economic crisis.
Dr Gibbons suggested rules could be relaxed on a temporary basis, allowing regulation sweaters ...
DATE: Sep 04, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Workers must have a say in the Country’s decision-making process if Bermuda is to bounce back from the economic crisis, according to Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer.
Mr Spencer told Bermuda Industrial Union members at their Labour ...
DATE: Sep 04, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer last night condemned “vile and racist comments” to the Bermuda blogosphere.
Mr Spencer said he was disgusted by the debate from posters on Bernews, claiming it underlined how much work still needs to...
DATE: Sep 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell believes Government is considering holding the gambling referendum simultaneously with the general election.
Mr Crockwell said he’s been told Premier Paula Cox could hold both votes at the same time to entice P...
DATE: Aug 31, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
