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The Island's best and brightest students will be rewarded with a free university education, the Progressive Labour Party has promised.
Education Minister Randy Horton told party supporters at Alaska Hall yesterday that Government scholarships would b...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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These are the the United Bermuda Party's platform promises:
"An aggressive Save Open Spaces programme to preserve our precious environment". The fund will be seeded with $10 million from Government and contributions from "developers, companies and in...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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The December 18 general election hangs in the balance says Renee Webb who believes there will be a few surprises on election night.
And this time around people will be taking a harder look at the parties rather than just voting on race lines, said th...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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And Alaska Hall was decked in green yesterday as a raft of pledges were made by the Progressive Labour Party leadership.
One couldn't help noticing the striking technological ambience that filled the room; video cameras, flat-screen TVs and the stage...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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A young man led into a life of crime by his drug-addict parents was spared from prison despite being convicted of knife possession on Friday.
Puisne Justice Carlisle Greaves sympathised with Marekco Ratteray over his rocky upbringing, and said he wan...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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The Progressive Labour Party yesterday said it would construct meaningful and realistic solutions for the problem of global warming.
In partnership with the private sector, the PLP manifesto said it would consider ways to assess the energy efficiency...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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At yesterday's unveiling of the Progressive Labour Party election platform, the party's major pledges were:
• Interest-free down payments for 500 first time Bermudian homeowners
• Building more geared-to-income housing units, especially single unit a...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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A new video version of the traditional Police line-up has been used in a Supreme Court trial for the first time.
The jury hearing the case of a man accused of sexual assault and burglary was shown how the complainant picked out the accused from a ser...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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With luxury hotel chains, such as Jumeirah, Ritz-Carlton and St. Regis, looking to develop first-class properties in Bermuda, the PLP's manifesto commits Bermuda to increasing room inventory to 10,000 beds.
Government recently announced that St. Regi...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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Young parents and elderly people are set to benefit the most from pledges made by the Progressive Labour Party in its election manifesto.
Two new initiatives — described as "bold" by Premier Ewart Brown as he unveiled the PLP platform at Alaska Hall ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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AUTHOR:
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