87 results returned for search: "independence AND " author Tim Smith
Progressive Labour Party Senator Walton Brown says he will use his new position as 'Bermuda Speaks' host to "get people talking".
Sen. Brown has stepped in as full-time presenter of the Sunday evening show after fellow party Senator David Burch broug...
DATE: Oct 08, 2008
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Opposition to Independence has grown from half to two-thirds in the past decade, according to a survey.
Sixty-seven percent of people said they were against breaking ties with the UK in this summer's poll by Total Research Associates, compared with 5...
DATE: Sep 11, 2008
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A speaker from Barbados last night attacked Bermuda's failure to become independent.
David Commissiong — cousin of race relations consultant Rolfe Commissiong — said his own country had been able to make great strides after breaking ties with the UK ...
DATE: Aug 30, 2008
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Confidential Police files at the centre of the Bermuda Housing Corporation row were left unattended in an unsecured public throughway for up to six weeks before being leaked, according to the Auditor General.
Larry Dennis says the dossiers — handed t...
DATE: Jul 12, 2008
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People in the private sector would face being fired if they acted like some within Government, says Auditor General Larry Dennis.
And Mr. Dennis recommends written warnings, penalties or even dismissals of leading figures who fail in their duties as ...
DATE: Jul 12, 2008
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Ombudsman Arlene Brock has given a talk on the history of the institution to senior figures in Turks and Caicos.
Ms Brock — who has researched how Ombudsmen have operated across the world over the years — delivered her speech on a visit at the reques...
DATE: Apr 07, 2008
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UK Minister for Overseas Territories Meg Munn yesterday spoke of the importance of a free media.
Earlier this week, Government announced it was axing its newspaper subscriptions to The Royal Gazette, and cutting print advertising — a move which has b...
DATE: Mar 29, 2008
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Opposition MP John Barritt yesterday conceded the United Bermuda Party got itself into trouble when it was in power by leaving people in the dark over key issues.
Mr. Barritt, a backbencher and Minister while the UBP was in Government, said party lea...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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Opposition MP John Barritt yesterday conceded the United Bermuda Party got itself into trouble when it was in power by leaving people in the dark over key issues.
Mr. Barritt, a backbencher and Minister while the UBP was in Government, said party lea...
DATE: Jan 25, 2008
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Bermuda needs a new political system which combines the abilities of the best leaders from all party backgrounds, political commentator Stuart Hayward said yesterday.
Under an ideal system, individuals would be elected into subsequently appointed lea...
DATE: Dec 20, 2007
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