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The days of conscription appear numbered after the One Bermuda Alliance made a Throne Speech pledge to eliminate it during this legislative session.
But the OBA was accused of delaying the issue by blocking the Progressive Labour Party’s ‘Abolition o...
DATE: Nov 09, 2013
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Relief from soaring food and electricity prices headed the promises in the One Bermuda Alliance's Throne Speech today.And two of the Island's most contentious topics — gambling and marijuana use — will take centre stage in the coming weeks as Governm...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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The Progressive Labour Party today hit out at the One Bermuda Alliance for “blocking” its attempt to abolish conscription.
The Opposition party attempted to table the Abolition of Conscription Act, shortly after the delivery of the Throne Speech, in ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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Finance Minister Bob Richards today announced plans to raise the debt ceiling to $2.5 billion — up from $1.45 billion — as he painted a grim picture of Bermuda’s finances with his first Budget Statement.
Mr Richards projected a “staggering” $331 mill...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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An ambitious legislative agenda was laid out yesterday as Governor George Fergusson read the first One Bermuda Alliance Government Throne Speech.
Pledges focused on tackling violent crime and rebuilding the economy.
“A key principle embedded in this ...
DATE: Feb 09, 2013
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More police tackling gun crime and the help of the private sector to turn around Bermuda’s financial woes were key planks in the One Bermuda Alliance’s first Throne Speech today.
A ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation and age was also pl...
DATE: Feb 08, 2013
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Who says Valentine’s Day has to just be about flowers, chocolates and jewellery? According to Sacha Bearden, the sight of her other half finally getting around to clearing out the shed is equally as likely to make a woman smile on February 14.
So a h...
DATE: Feb 08, 2013
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Chocolate body paints, warming massage oil and couple’s games are just some of the gifts to spice up your relationship at lingerie store Secrets.
Valentine’s is an extremely busy time for the Washington Mall store, according to owner Stacy Hill, as l...
DATE: Feb 08, 2013
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Long before it became a restaurant, Fourways Inn was already famous for its sumptuous dinners thrown for the great and the good by wealthy owner John Harvey.
According to the man in charge some three centuries later, that homely charm remains the key...
DATE: Feb 08, 2013
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Is that you, anxiously looking at your watch as you wait to be served at the flower shop the day before Valentine’s Day?
Wish you’d gotten yourself organised instead of spending your lunch hour amid the frenzied scrum of last-minute buyers who, like ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2013
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