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The 2012 general election has its first dispute.
Students who still face exams on or after December 17 will be unable to vote and they are not happy about this.
This issue has its roots in the 1998 general election, which then-Premier Pamela Gordon ...
DATE: Nov 14, 2012
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It’s no coincidence that both Premier Paula Cox and Opposition Leader Craig Cannonier referred to the past as in, let’s not go back there in their opening salvos of the election campaign.
Ms Cox said: “You have a choice in this election. Let’s move ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2012
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The long wait is over and the general election is finally underway.
It is not hyperbole to say that this election is critically important to Bermuda’s future.
Never before has a free election been held against a backdrop of such severe economic pro...
DATE: Nov 10, 2012
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The election of the Corporation of Hamilton solely by resident registered voters has been hailed as a great step forward for democracy.
And in many ways it is. Certainly, the end of the property vote in the City of Hamilton was seen by any as the ove...
DATE: Nov 09, 2012
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US President Barack Obama’s re-election will be welcomed in Bermuda, where his story and message of unity remain compelling.
Although it can be argued from an economic point of view that a President Romney would have been more helpful to Bermuda in ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2012
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There were two stories on yesterday’s front page that were very similar on the surface, but have drawn strikingly different reactions.
Bermudian actor Earl Cameron was honoured by the Corporation of Hamilton by having City Hal’s theatre named after h...
DATE: Nov 07, 2012
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Friday’s Throne Speech exposed the Progressive Labour Party’s fundamental problem going into the general election campaign.
It has no choice but to acknowledge that the economy is in dire straits, stating: “Profoundly affected by the global economic...
DATE: Nov 05, 2012
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Governor George Fergusson delivers his first Speech from the Throne today, but everyone listening will know that whatever plans are in it aren’t worth much more than the paper they are written on.
That’s not because they have no value, but because t...
DATE: Nov 02, 2012
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There is a certain tension between sporting events and tourism, namely that it needs to be clear from the start whether an event is designed to bring publicity to Bermuda, and thus raise the Island’s exposure, or if its main aim is to bring visitors ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2012
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This week’s public meeting on term limits was sparsely attended, but that does not mean that this issue is not critically important for Bermuda’s future.
It’s unfortunate that more people did not attended the meeting because they would have heard tw...
DATE: Oct 26, 2012
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