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Finance Minister Eugene Cox, Speaker of the House of Assembly Stanley Lowe, and veteran educator Merle Brock Swan Williams were among the Bermudians who have been recognised in this year?s New Year?s honour list.
Mr. Cox, who is also the deputy leade...
DATE: Dec 31, 2003
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The year's biggest political story was undoubtedly the dramatic ousting of former Premier Jennifer Smith by rebels in her own party just days after she had led the Progressive Labour Party to victory in the July 24 election.
But the very public stand...
DATE: Dec 31, 2003
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Former Premier Sir John Swan has praised Alex Scott's Government while launching a stinging critique of his own party.
He said the United Bermuda Party's white elite were a turn off for voters and potential black candidates alike and he said wholesal...
DATE: Dec 29, 2003
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Sir John Swan has praised Premier Alex Scott's pro-Bermudian stance over the appointment of the Chief Justice.
He said Mr. Scott was right to favour naturalised Bermudian Norma Wade-Miller over Englishman Richard Ground.
And he said the row had shown...
DATE: Dec 29, 2003
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Government House has reminded Premier Alex Scott that Governors will continue to have a "key role" in judicial appointments.
The day after the Premier accused Britain of reverting to a "colonial model which we thought had been relegated to history" w...
DATE: Dec 27, 2003
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The way Britain selected the new Chief Justice was a return to "a colonial model which we thought had been relegated to history", Premier Alex Scott said yesterday.
He questioned whether the appointment of Englishman Richard Ground over naturalised B...
DATE: Dec 24, 2003
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The public row with Britain over the appointment of a non-Bermudian Chief Justice has not pushed Independence on to Government's immediate agenda, Premier Alex Scott said last night.
A special Cabinet meeting will be held this morning, after which th...
DATE: Dec 23, 2003
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Britain's determination to appoint its candidate for the Chief Justice's post could spark a headlong rush for independence agreed both parties yesterday.
United Bermuda Party Shadow Attorney General Trevor Moniz accused the Premier of whipping up pol...
DATE: Dec 19, 2003
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Bermuda is unhappy about Britain?s insistence that Governors take a more ?robust? role in the internal affairs of overseas territories, Premier Alex Scott said yesterday.
At last week?s Overseas Territories Consultative Council meeting in London, Bri...
DATE: Dec 18, 2003
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Should St. David's become the Island's tenth parish?
Ask St. David's Islander and new MP Suzann Roberts Holshouser and the answer is a resounding yes. Not surprising. She was voted into Parliament as the United Bermuda Party's MP for St. David's in J...
DATE: Dec 12, 2003
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