2880 results returned for search: "independence AND " category "News"
Veteran Government backbencher Walter Lister has suggested a Bermudian should do Governor Sir Richard Gozney’s job and would probably come “at a better price”.
He spoke out in the House of Assembly after fellow Progressive Labour Party MP Marc Bean c...
DATE: May 30, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The United Bermuda Party was founded on August 21, 1964, marking the beginning of a fierce, often bitter, two-horse race which would consume Bermuda’s political scene for nearly four decades.
A year earlier, the Progressive Labour Party had become th...
DATE: May 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Seventy percent of people are opposed to Independence, according to the latest poll from Mindmaps.
That represents a slight dip from 73 percent in the previous poll in January, with the number in favour increasing from 14 percent to 16 percent. Fourt...
DATE: Apr 25, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda needs to create a better social contract by creating jobs through a strengthened economy and improved education system,
Shadow National Security Minister Michael Dunkley said yesterday. Senator Dunkley said the only way to tackle gang cultur...
DATE: Apr 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Politicians had a “dearth of data” while debating the Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO, Ombudsman Arlene Brock stated yesterday.
Ms Brock revealed she has launched an investigation to see how much information should be made available ahead of any future S...
DATE: Apr 08, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda is the “jewel in the crown” of the British Overseas Territories and is not a tax haven, according to the UK Minister with responsibility for the Island.
Henry Bellingham, the Parliamentary Undersecretary of State at the Foreign and Commonweal...
DATE: Apr 08, 2011
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Shadow Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin last night asked Premier Paula Cox to name the Cabinet consultants who have had their services axed after “unnecessarily feeding at the trough”.
The Opposition MP applauded the fact that the Cabine...
DATE: Mar 03, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Premier Paula Cox is “cynical” about the British Government’s desire for closer links with its Overseas Territories, a visiting British MP revealed.
Andrew Rosindell paid a three-day visit to Bermuda this week in his capacity as chairman of the Briti...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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Politics
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Several contracts awarded under former Premier Brown have ended under Premier Paula Cox.
Yesterday United Bermuda Party Senator Michael Dunkley said his party welcomed the move but that future contracts need to be handled more transparently.
The cont...
DATE: Feb 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The Uighurs will not be eligible for UK passports “at least for the next several years” according to a US State Department cable.
The cable was one of 68 regarding Bermuda held by whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.
It referenced a meeting between US E...
DATE: Feb 10, 2011
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