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One week before Bermuda's first single-seat General Election, polls continue to show unprecedented numbers of undecided voters.
Reasons for the indecision vary but what is clear is that the numbers do not necessarily reflect apathy. A number of undec...
DATE: Jul 17, 2003
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Gasoline is going up by 1.8 cents a litre, diesel 0.9 cents, and kerosene by 1.1 cents, the Ministry of Finance announced yesterday.
This takes the maximum prices for gasoline as 133.10 cents a litre, diesel 107.60, and kerosene 83.60.
DATE: Jul 17, 2003
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Contractors and architects said yesterday it was possible to build two bedroom houses for less than $250 per square foot as the United Bermuda Party (UBP) is proposing in its plan to tackle affordable housing.
All who spoke to The Royal Gazette said ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2003
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Rev. Dr. Wilbur Mclaren Howlitt Lowe, Jr., is the PLP Candidate in Constituency 6, or Hamilton West. His first term in the House of Assembly was as an MP for St. George's South and currently serves as Chairman of the Education Appeals Committee. Rev....
DATE: Jul 17, 2003
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Keetha Lowe, a 41 year old mother of three, takes on labour leader Derrick Burgess for the Hamilton East poll next week. She grew up in the Hamilton Parish area but now lives in Devonshire. The single mother has made affordable housing a campaign foc...
DATE: Jul 17, 2003
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Derrick Burgess, the ruling party's candidate for district 5, is president of the Bermuda Industrial Union and a well known labour leader in the Caribbean and international arena. He first entered Parliament five years ago when he won a by election i...
DATE: Jul 17, 2003
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Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson entitled his coverage of the 1972 US Presidential election as "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail".
During a Saturday afternoon spent on Stuart Hayward's independent campaign trail in Pembroke West Central las...
DATE: Jul 16, 2003
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Police confirmed yesterday that there will be no inquest into the death of Rupert Elroy Archibald because an autopsy last year concluded the former prisoner died of natural causes.
Police Media Relations spokesman Dwayne Caines said the autopsy revea...
DATE: Jul 16, 2003
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About 50 students from the public education system are likely to be moved to alternative schools this September in the second wave of transfers due to poor behaviour.
Minister for Education and Development Paula Cox said the Ministry had asked school...
DATE: Jul 16, 2003
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PLP candidate David Burch is a former commanding officer of the Bermuda Regiment who last year became Housing Minister.
Educated at West End Primary, Southampton Glebe and Sandys Secondary, he also attended two elite British military schools, the Roy...
DATE: Jul 16, 2003
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