87 results returned for search: "independence AND " author Tim Smith
A business leader has expressed concern after Premier Ewart Brown announced expats will be made to train their own replacements in order to get work permits.
Under Government's Goodwill Plus initiative, experienced foreign workers will be told the le...
DATE: Sep 21, 2007
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Leading Police officers from the UK are now in Bermuda carrying out a review into how Bermuda Housing Corporation documents got into the hands of the media, Police Commissioner George Jackson said yesterday.
Chief Superintendent Steve Harris and Davi...
DATE: Jul 06, 2007
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Premier Ewart Brown was last night quizzed on race, Independence and a string of other subjects in a lively questions and answers session with young people.
The hour-long debate was organised at Greg's Steakhouse in the City of Hamilton through the P...
DATE: Jun 30, 2007
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Government Chief Whip Ottiwell Simmons has told a conference that power is in the hands of the people — not the individual in a powerful position, according to reports in the Caribbean.
The veteran politician was speaking at a Commonwealth Parliament...
DATE: Jun 29, 2007
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Bermuda has been likened to a “Police state” by Cayman Islands commentators reflecting on the arresting of Auditor General Larry Dennis.
Cayman Net News has urged its own Government not to “dare follow the Bermuda model” should events similar to the ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2007
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Police Commissioner George Jackson last night issued a public apology over allegedly stolen confidential Bermuda Housing Corporation documents.
Kent Police force from the UK are shortly due to arrive on the Island to review and support Bermuda Police...
DATE: Jun 22, 2007
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Austria, France and Jamaica are among the latest countries where Bermuda’s potential constitutional crisis has caught the imagination of the media.
Newspapers in Vienna and Paris yesterday reported how Public Safety Minister David Burch called for Go...
DATE: Jun 08, 2007
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Governor Sir John Vereker is on a panel probing the World Bank department which investigates fraud.
The review team is reporting to under-fire World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz, who is at the centre of a separate probe into claims he unfairly hande...
DATE: Apr 30, 2007
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Nearly two thirds of people oppose Independence, a survey has shown — days after Premier Ewart Brown hinted Government could hold a vote on the subject.
In a Royal Gazette poll carried out two weeks ago, 65.1 percent said they were against breaking l...
DATE: Mar 30, 2007
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Just one in five people have backed Labour and Immigration Minister Derrick Burgess’ claims that employees who speak out against company policies should be fired.
People were quizzed in a Royal Gazette opinion poll during the row over Dr. Catherine W...
DATE: Mar 29, 2007
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