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The OBA this afternoon claimed a PLP pledge to create thousands of jobs was not backed by any plan.
Shadow Finance Minister (ET) Bob Richards issued a statement saying the PLP needed to “challenged on the gap between their rhetoric and reality”.
The ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2012
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Politics
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Premier Paula Cox this afternoon urged voters “not to turn the clock back” at vote PLP on Monday.
Ms Cox released a statement saying “this is the most important election since that historic day in November 1998”.
The statement said:
When you go to th...
DATE: Dec 13, 2012
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Politics
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A vote for an independent is a vote for “real and meaningful change,” according a statement from the group of independent candidates.
David Petty, candidate for Pembroke South West, said in a statement on behalf of the group of 15 independent general...
DATE: Dec 13, 2012
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Politics
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The One Bermuda Alliance holds a 13 percent lead over the PLP, according to a poll conducted for The Royal Gazette.
And the poll also shows that there could be a big turnout on Monday with 90 percent of registered voters saying they will cast a vote....
DATE: Dec 13, 2012
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Politics
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The Coalition for the Protection of Children has renewed the call to outlaw corporal punishment following the report of an alleged assault of a 13-year-old schoolgirl by a private school employee.
The employee in question, who was arrested for questi...
DATE: Dec 13, 2012
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Other
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A 53-year-old Devonshire man has been arrested in connection with the stabbing of a 43-year-old Pembroke woman.
Police attended the reported assault at 10.40pm on Tuesday, at a residence on Rocky Lane West in Hamilton Parish.
The victim was treated a...
DATE: Dec 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Half of registered voters disapprove of the governing party’s performance since the last election, according to the latest survey by research firm MindMaps.
And just 21 percent said they approve of the performance of the Progressive Labour Party. But...
DATE: Dec 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A company at the centre of a docks dispute is to appeal an injunction served by Government to stop it laying off workers.
Yesterday Government was granted an injunction preventing Stevedoring Services Ltd (SSL) and the Bermuda Industrial Union from t...
DATE: Dec 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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The Island will acquire a new Bishop of Bermuda early next year — with two contenders nominated for the top job in the local Anglican community.
The choice between Reverend Nick Dill and the Venerable Andrew Doughty will be settled by majority vote i...
DATE: Dec 13, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The price tag for building a hotel room, or a ‘key’, in Bermuda is $1 million — and that compares to $400,000 in other destination countries.
Those people who attended a town hall meeting at Francis Patton Primary School, spotlighting the four Hamil...
DATE: Dec 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
