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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FORCE 1. The establishment of the Force is a matter of much debate. In nearly every Police location the Commission visited we heard of the acute shortage of Police manpower. But Mr. Dennis Joseph Burchall argues that the Se...
DATE: Nov 08, 2000
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By Matthew Taylor Bermuda is suffering from a purging process as it tackles its race problem says Government Minister Renee Webb . And she says the problem will get worse before it gets better. The Telecommunications Minister linked the curing of ra...
DATE: Nov 06, 2000
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form basis of response to Throne Speech The following is the full text of the Opposition's response to last week's Throne Speech, presented to the House of Assembly yesterday afternoon by Opposition leader Pamela Gordon.
Mr. Speaker, It is importan...
DATE: Nov 04, 2000
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Mr. Speaker, the United Bermuda Party believes that a modern review of our constitution would include: Complete and entire openness about the details about what is proposed.
Widespread public debate A constitutional conference A referendum by the ...
DATE: Nov 04, 2000
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Wayne Perinchief who claims it's time the issue took centre stage.
He said there was powerlessness and lack of direction in what the country did because of the constitutional quandary it found itself in. He said: "This country seems to be in a cycle ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2000
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President of the Chamber of Commerce Cris Valdes-Dapena said Bermuda should not be crying for a referendum over proposed changes to the Constitution -- but instead asking for measures to be put in place over how amendments are carried out.
She said s...
DATE: Oct 27, 2000
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recommend constitutional changes is independent are a "smokescreen'' because Ms Smith can `veto' their proposals, the United Bermuda Party claimed yesterday.
UBP Senator Mark Pettingill said the fact -- which has not been publicised -- that the Premi...
DATE: Oct 25, 2000
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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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