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New powers are proposed for a team of roving accountants to root out inefficiency within Government.
Premier Ewart Brown said Cabinet was reviewing a paper urging legislation to give the internal audit unit, now under Cabinet Office, the "teeth, reso...
DATE: Mar 05, 2009
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ONE of Bermuda's favourite adopted sons, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens, 1835-1910), came to anti-imperialism by way of a prior understanding of race. The author of Huckleberry Finn had from an early age begun to understand racism in the United States in...
DATE: Jan 30, 2009
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ALTHOUGH Bermuda's law banned slaves from owning real or personal property, masters "wink'd at" widespread transgressions that served their own interests in building a more stable slave system through incentives. Like most sa...
DATE: Jan 30, 2009
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Michael Jarvis
DURING the yearlong celebrations of the 400th Anniversary of Bermuda, many residents will seek out special memorabilia and historical keepsakes. Now, here's your chance to obtain a little piece of Bermuda's history.
Three editions of The Royal Gazett...
DATE: Jan 30, 2009
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THE controversial issues of Independence and casinos have both taken a back-seat as the economic downturn starts to affect the lives of Bermudians.
This is according to Minister for Culture and Social Rehabilitation Dale Butler (pictured) , who this ...
DATE: Jan 30, 2009
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Seven out of ten voters are against Independence, according to a survey.
A 'Political Opinions Poll' conducted this week by Research.bm reports 72 percent of voters oppose Independence, with 14 percent for the idea and 15 percent undecided.
The resul...
DATE: Jan 17, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown last night outlined his latest plan to curb Bermuda's alarming road death rate but hardly anyone was there to see him do it.
Fifteen members of the public were dotted sparsely amid hundreds of empty seats at Berkeley Institute Cat...
DATE: Jan 16, 2009
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Tim Smith
With debate raging over the controversial policy of conscripting men into the Regiment, Governor Sir Richard Gozney last week called for more efforts to attract women volunteers.
Despite an advertising campaign last year, just two women signed up one...
DATE: Jan 13, 2009
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December 29, 2009
HERE'S a short political science formula all Bermudians should learn.
Believe me, you'll need to know it in the coming months: CORRUPTION + DICTATORSHIP+ POVERTY+RISE IN CRIME+NO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION+ NO MORE FREEDOM TO TRAVEL+NO ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2009
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Culture Minister Dale Butler is putting the onus on the public to bring the issue of casinos and gambling back to the fore – starting with his own constituency.
The Warwick North East MP will hold a public forum at the end of this month, with the con...
DATE: Jan 09, 2009
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