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Former Premier Sir John Swan has warned against the dangers of the Independence debate getting categorised on racial lines.
The senior statesman said recent comments made by a former member of the Bermuda Independence Commission ?offended everything ...
DATE: Nov 28, 2005
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A Bermuda Independence Commission member has fiercely defended the group?s report ? and hit out at a small minority he claims is determined to hold the country ?hostage to fear?.
Political activist Rolfe Commissiong said in the wake of the report he ...
DATE: Nov 25, 2005
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A black Bermudian is appalled that he was called a ?nigger? on public airways by Senator David Burch, who currently heads two of the Islands busiest ministries.
In August, M. Trott ? who does not wish to use his first name ? called Hott 107.5 to part...
DATE: Nov 24, 2005
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Independence is too important a topic to be confined to party lines, according to United Bermuda Party leader Dr. Grant Gibbons, and that is why his party will not make it a policy issue.
The UBP?s current focus is on housing, education, seniors and ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2005
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A six-hour mini-series on the Bermuda Triangle is due to hit television screens next month.
Starting on December 5, "The Triangle" will air for three nights on the Sci-Fi Channel and will reach an estimated 80 million homes.
The producers of "Indepen...
DATE: Nov 18, 2005
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As the Senate met to discuss the Throne Speech, Government Senate Leader praised Bermuda and its people as being ?extraordinary? and said: ?We see opportunities and we come out top no matter what is going on.
?As Bermudians we are action-minded and t...
DATE: Nov 17, 2005
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Works and Housing Minister Sen. David Burch yesterday hit back at what he felt were accusations made by another colleague in the Upper House that branded him a racist.
His typically outspoken outburst was, he explained later, a reaction to comments m...
DATE: Nov 17, 2005
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Bermuda is crying out to Government for guidance and direction, Shadow Minister without Portfolio declared during the Throne Speech Debate.
And he said: ?This is the saddest debate I?ve seen in my political career having had 23 Throne Spee...
DATE: Nov 16, 2005
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A radio show broadcast in which host Lt. Col. David Burch, newly appointed as a Government Minister and Senator, cut off anti-Independence callers and allegedly referred to them on air as the United Bermuda Party?s ?house niggers? was brought to the ...
DATE: Nov 15, 2005
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Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons lashed the Government on education in his reply to the Throne Speech yesterday, saying the system was now segregated on class instead of race.
The United Bermuda Party leader said Bermuda?s dual education system, where...
DATE: Nov 15, 2005
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