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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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Former Attorney General (AG) Saul Froomkin has countered suggestions Bermuda should get rid of the Privy Council as the highest Court of Appeal.
Mr. Froomkin, a partner at Mello, Hollis, Jones and Martin, told Hamilton Rotarians yesterday that he was...
DATE: Jul 19, 2000
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Shadow Education Minister Tim Smith last night called for Government to set up an official school inspection body in a bid to ensure teachers and principals met high standards.
The Opposition Minister also said the performance of every school on the ...
DATE: Jun 28, 2000
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A new Government, lots of community speculation, some anxiety coupled with falling confidence, a huge 50-year success story behind us -- our Bermuda is built on brainpower.
Successful ideas brought to the business table, backed with our money and by ...
DATE: Jun 19, 2000
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