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Premier Ewart Brown will return to the House of Assembly today hoping to convince his critics to pass two bills they’ve complained about in the past.
One of them — a bill to waive cabin tax on cruise ships — is understood to have previously come unde...
DATE: Feb 05, 2010
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Opposition to Independence reached a new height after the Queen's visit to the Island last November.
Seventy-four percent of people now do not want to break ties with the UK, according to a Research.bm survey carried out in early January, up from 66 ...
DATE: Jan 27, 2010
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The skyrocketing cost of the new Dockyard pier left Premier Ewart Brown lamenting Government isn't the "most efficient model" as the project hit controversy in November.
A Royal Gazette investigation revealed the price of the scheme — aimed at bolste...
DATE: Dec 31, 2009
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Public Safety Minister David Burch yesterday backed down from his demand for control of the Police service.
"I do not give a monkey's who is in charge of operational control of the Police," said the Minister in a heartfelt Senate speech hours after l...
DATE: Dec 17, 2009
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The United Bermuda Party discussed the Uighurs controversy with Foreign Secretary David Miliband in a meeting at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess on Thursday morning.
Opposition Leader Kim Swan, his deputy Trevor Moniz and Shadow Finance Minister Bob R...
DATE: Nov 28, 2009
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Bermuda's strained relationship with the UK has dominated leading British media reports on the Queen's visit to the Island this week.
The BBC and The Times both highlighted the tension since the Premier brought four former Guantánamo Bay prisoners to...
DATE: Nov 26, 2009
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United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan is opening up discussion on topics such as gambling, Independence and race through his new website.
The embattled leader has launched the initiative as he prepares to square up with Shadow Finance Minister Bob Ric...
DATE: Oct 27, 2009
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Support for Independence has grown slightly following a summer in which Bermuda's relationship with the UK has been thrown into the spotlight.
However, 66 percent of people remain opposed to splitting from Britain in The Royal Gazette's poll, carried...
DATE: Oct 26, 2009
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Archbishop of York John Sentamu is coming to Bermuda as part of the 400th anniversary celebrations next month.
Rev. Sentamu — the first black Archbishop of York and the second most senior cleric in the Church of England — was born in Uganda where he ...
DATE: Sep 24, 2009
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Crime is increasingly the biggest concern of Bermuda residents, following a spate of shootings and violence this summer.
Twenty-nine percent of voters — up from 21 percent — said crime was the number one issue facing the Island, in a poll at the end ...
DATE: Jul 20, 2009
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