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Opposition Leader Kim Swan kicked off the debate with an impassioned speech in which he called on MPs from both sides to end Dr. Ewart Brown’s authoritarian, autocratic leadership.
MPs were debating the motion put forward by the UBP that ‘this Honour...
DATE: Jun 19, 2009
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Opposition Leader Kim Swan kicked off the debate with an impassioned speech in which he called on MPs from both sides to end Dr. Ewart Brown’s authoritarian, autocratic leadership.
MPs were debating the motion put forward by the UBP that ‘this Honour...
DATE: Jun 19, 2009
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A Bill is to be tabled today which Government believes will establish the framework to regulate the energy industry in the future.
Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and E-Commerce Terry Lister yesterday announced he will table the Energy Act 200...
DATE: Jun 19, 2009
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Continued from Saturday
However, John Barritt, Shadow Minister of Legislative and Public Administration Reform, said: "The silence from the other side of this House has become deafening. I would have thought the front bench would have been speaking o...
DATE: Jun 16, 2009
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Bermuda's relationship with Britain will not deteriorate because of the decision to let four Guantánamo Bay detainees seek asylum on the Island.
The Governor Sir Richard Gozney spoke to this newspaper yesterday afternoon and assured the public that t...
DATE: Jun 13, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown yesterday admitted that he may not have brought four Guantánamo Bay detainees to Bermuda had he anticipated the "firestorm" it would provoke.
But he told MPs during a speech in the House of Assembly that he still firmly believed i...
DATE: Jun 13, 2009
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Sam Strangeways
Reaction to the announcement that four Guantánamo Bay detainees have been relocated to the Island, was swift and overwhelming with The Royal Gazette being inundated with e-mails as well as comments on our Facebook page.
The number of e-mails was unpr...
DATE: Jun 12, 2009
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Germany, Canada, Australia and the American public said no; Palau and Bermuda said yes.
It's not known exactly how many countries the United States has approached asking to take Guantánamo Bay detainees, but it is thought it began with a request to A...
DATE: Jun 12, 2009
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Tim Smith
The Premier led the tributes yesterday to Sir Richard Posnett, a former Governor of Bermuda who died this week aged 89.
Dr. Ewart Brown told The Royal Gazette that the Government was "saddened" to hear of Sir Richard's death, adding that his short te...
DATE: May 28, 2009
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Royal Gazette editor Bill Zuill launched a spirited public defence of the paper in a speech last night saying despite the Premier's "war" against the publication, he's still ready to sit down and talk.
Mr. Zuill was addressing Sandys Rotary Club afte...
DATE: May 21, 2009
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