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A new poll shows only three out of every ten voters have a favourable impression of Premier Ewart Brown compared to more than seven in ten favouring Deputy Premier Paula Cox.
And the Progressive Labour Party is still ahead of the United Bermuda Party...
DATE: Jul 08, 2008
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British MPs have recommended that the Chief Justices of Bermuda and the other Overseas Territories should be placed on contracts of longer than five years.
The cross-party group of politicians raised concerns that the top judges are open to political...
DATE: Jul 08, 2008
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Government Senator Walton Brown has blasted the UK's Foreign Affairs Committee report as "intellectually weak" and he said the call for voting rights for long-term residents was "provocative".
The report, by a cross-party group of British MPs, has re...
DATE: Jul 08, 2008
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And the FAC backed a recent report by fellow British MPs on the Public Accounts Committee's which recommended that the FCO should explore how Overseas Territories might make better use of UK expertise and that it should also explore whether those Ter...
DATE: Jul 07, 2008
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An influential group of British MPs has recommended phasing out conscription, a review of voting rights for long-term residents and the outlawing of discrimination based on sexual orientation.
The 171-page report on the Overseas Territories by the Fo...
DATE: Jul 07, 2008
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Minister of Culture and Social Rehabilitation Dale Butler has revealed a proposed redevelopment of the North Street Emergency Shelter, which would double the facility's housing capacity.
"The existing emergency shelter run by the Salvation Army on No...
DATE: Jul 05, 2008
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Thousands of locals gathered in Dockyard to help make the US Consulate's Independence Day celebration its biggest ever.
According to organisers there were close to 7,000 people at this year's celebration at Moresby's Plain in Somerset, making it the ...
DATE: Jun 30, 2008
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The US Consulate is holding its annual July 4 celebrations tomorrow, with tickets sold out.
The Consulate is expecting the event to have over 7,000 guests with volunteers from over 60 of Bermuda's charities providing manpower to help it run smoothly....
DATE: Jun 27, 2008
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Governor Sir Richard Gonzey said yesterday in a speech to the Hamilton Rotary Club that he was happy with his level of involvement in politics on the Island.
"This is the only British Overseas Territory where the Governor does not sit in Cabinet and ...
DATE: Jun 25, 2008
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More than 200 people gathered to celebrate — with music, dancing and food — the 110th anniversary of the independence of the Philippines on Sunday.
The independence of the Pacific Ocean archipelago is marked on June 12, 1898 for the riddance of Spani...
DATE: Jun 17, 2008
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