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Works and Engineering Minister Ashfield DeVent has dismissed fresh allegations that Government has not got its priorities right.
Earlier this week former Premier Sir John Swan, writing in , claimed that Government needed to tackle a number of problem...
DATE: Oct 14, 2005
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Former Premier Sir John Swan has set out a number of goals that he believes are necessary to get Bermuda back on its feet.
Following his controversial remarks last month that the Island is in danger of becoming a Third World country, Sir John makes a...
DATE: Oct 12, 2005
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All Bermudians and guest workers alike have a major stake in the continued success of Bermuda; therefore we should all share in a common objective of helping Bermuda to realise its potential for the benefit of all.
All our hopes, dreams, opportunitie...
DATE: Oct 12, 2005
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The Chamber of Commerce is urging Government to make a decision on Independence quickly because the uncertainty is bad for business.
And the organisation also believes that a referendum is the preferred route to decide the issue.
An open forum on the...
DATE: Oct 08, 2005
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Progressive Labour Party spokesman Scott Simmons sounded the rallying cry for Independence at a Press conference yesterday but gave few clues on when Government would move on the idea.
And he said the issue was still being debated within the party it...
DATE: Oct 07, 2005
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Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons has openly criticised the Premier for what he terms a ?predictable exercise in damage control?.
Dr. Gibbons was responding to the public letter in yesterday?s newspaper in which Premier Alex Scott defended the controve...
DATE: Oct 06, 2005
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Premier Alex Scott has today defended a controversial e-mail which has led to him being accused of racism.
In an advertisement on Page 10 of today's Mr. Scottapologised for the use of the word "crap" in an e-mailthat was mistakenly sent to entertaine...
DATE: Oct 05, 2005
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Traditions, customs and laws that have served Bermuda well during all its history as a British dependency will be preserved even if the Island takes the road of Independence.
Within hours of a warning from the international business community that th...
DATE: Sep 30, 2005
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Bermuda will walk a perilous Independence path if it breaks away from the United Kingdom-based legal system and customs and traditions that currently makes international business feel ?comfortable? about operating on the Island.
Two organisations rep...
DATE: Sep 29, 2005
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The 68-year-old Hamilton grandmother who told she struggled to make ends meet on her pension will have all her bills paid by Financial Assistance by October.
The woman, who did not want to be identified, is one of 7,000 seniors in Bermuda ? half of ...
DATE: Sep 27, 2005
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