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United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan today urged Premier Paula Cox to take his party’s advice as she prepares to deliver tomorrow’s Budget.
Mr Swan said the Island would be in much better shape if Government had heeded the UBP’s financial suggestions...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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Tim Smith
Bermuda’s new Opposition party could end up being led by somebody outside the House of Assembly.
United Bermuda Party Senator Michael Dunkley and Bermuda Democratic Alliance leader Craig Cannonier are both touted as leadership contenders after the am...
DATE: Feb 15, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
MPs clashed in a fiery exchange after Shadow Health Minister Louise Jackson claimed Bermuda’s reputation was being trashed by “experimental” prostate cancer treatment at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Progressive Labour Party members reacted angr...
DATE: Feb 14, 2011
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Politics
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Tim Smith
Minister Glenn Blakeney warned drugs in sport will not be tolerated as MPs passed legislation establishing internationally accepted anti-doping rules.
Mr Blakeney noted drugs are a scourge in Bermuda’s community, making the legislation “most importan...
DATE: Feb 14, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Transport Minister Terry Lister was said to be very unhappy after senior colleagues prompted the reinstatement of a bus driver who was fired.
Mr Lister is said to have wanted to stick by the decision to sack the employee for gross misconduct despite ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The United Bermuda Party says Kim Swan will speak “when he is ready” as he maintained his silence on the merger likely to end his spell as Opposition leader.
When The Royal Gazette visited his St George’s West constituency yesterday, many residents s...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda’s rules against performance enhancing drugs in sport will be tightened by laws expected to pass through the House of Assembly today.
The Bermuda Sport Anti-Doping Authority (BSADA) will be formally set up through the Anti-Doping in Sport Act,...
DATE: Feb 11, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Former United Bermuda Party MP Allan Marshall says likely casualties of a merger between the Opposition parties need to “park their egos in the garage”.
Mr Marshall faces giving up his position as the UBP’s adopted candidate for Hamilton South and a ...
DATE: Feb 10, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
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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Politics
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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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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
