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to long term residents, UBP MP Trevor Moniz has said.
He pointed at an oblique reference on the Long Term Residents Green Paper which hinted at this.
The document says: "The decision has been taken by this Government not to reintroduce the discretion...
DATE: Oct 17, 2000
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A call for Bermuda to address its racial problems head on has been given support from across the political spectrum.
Chamber of Commerce President Cris Valdes-Dapena said public meetings were needed after noticing the strength of feeling evident at t...
DATE: Oct 12, 2000
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Emotions ran high last night at the final public meeting held on long-term residents.
Most long term residents who spoke, or those who defended them, were heckled at the meeting in the Whitney Institute in Smith's Parish.
But other speakers denied th...
DATE: Sep 29, 2000
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Opposition leader Pam Gordon slammed Government for double standards and pandering to xenophobia as it grappled with the long-term residency issue.
She called for status to be given to foreigners who had been in Bermuda for more than 20 years in 1989...
DATE: Sep 08, 2000
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More than 400 people packed Government's first public meeting on the new Green Paper on long-term residents last night.
The interest in the issue was so strong that people had to stand or sit in the floor in the Harbour Room at Number One Shed on Fro...
DATE: Sep 08, 2000
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Labourites of all persuasions turned out at Bernard Park yesterday for the 19th annual Labour Day festivities.
Honouring the contributions of labour campaigners of the past were Acting Premier Eugene Cox, Labour Minister Paula Cox, Shadow Labour Mini...
DATE: Sep 05, 2000
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funeral of former Bahamian Prime Minister Sir Lynden O. Pindling in the Bahamas next week Monday.
Sir Lyndon O. Pindling, KCMG, QC. helped to create Bermuda's Progressive Labour Party when he was politically active in Bahamas' Progressive Liberal Par...
DATE: Aug 31, 2000
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The new umbrella organisation for the Island's West Indian residents has reacted favourably to Government's Green Paper on Long Term Residents.
In a press release issued last week, public relations officer for the Council for Caribbean Unity Trevor F...
DATE: Aug 28, 2000
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Progressive Labour Party members paid tribute last night to former Bahamas Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling who died at the weekend.
Attorney General Dame Lois Browne Evans said Sir Lynden, who died on Saturday from prostate cancer at the age of 70...
DATE: Aug 28, 2000
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Opposition Leader Pamela Gordon yesterday called on Government to have a Constitutional Conference to debate major changes to the way the Island picks Parliamentarians.
And Ms Gordon raised the issue of proportional representation -- citing her party...
DATE: Aug 21, 2000
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