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Yesterday's throne speech gave new meaning to the term 'political hot air' as members of Government, the Opposition, and other officials, crammed into a warmer than usual Senate Chamber.
The inclement weather prompted Cabinet to hold the speech indoo...
DATE: Nov 03, 2007
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These are the key battlegrounds where the election will be won or lost:
Tight PLP seats
St. George's North — 8 votes — Jennifer Smith
St. George's South — 8 votes — Phil Perinchief (incumbent Renee Webb retiring)
St. George's West — 22 votes — Dean F...
DATE: Nov 03, 2007
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Race is a "major divisive force" at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, according to a damning report from Ombudsman Arlene Brock.
Black and white doctors fear being targeted amid a climate of rumour, innuendo and conjecture, said Ms Brock, who has pr...
DATE: Nov 03, 2007
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Government announced several measures aimed at improving provision of affordable housing on the Island yesterday.
Tax incentives for landlords to reduce rents and the introduction of interest-free down payment loans for 500 families were among the Th...
DATE: Nov 03, 2007
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Premier Ewart Brown fired the starting gun on a marathon seven-week election campaign yesterday just hours after unveiling a Throne speech which promised help for those wanting to buy homes and get an education.
Shunning the usual press conference th...
DATE: Nov 03, 2007
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The Premier made the election announcement through a YouTube video on the PLP website. This is the full text of that announcement.
My fellow Bermudians, there's an incredibly promising future emerging for our country and I hope we can move toward th...
DATE: Nov 03, 2007
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A woman is facing jail after defrauding Capital G bank of $53,307.
Lisa Marie Dawson obtained the money during September and October 2004 by pretending there were sufficient funds in a business account of House of Style Furniture to cover a string of...
DATE: Nov 02, 2007
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Fans of the Bard will be able to watch six of his plays in the space of a week next spring when youngsters stage the first Bermuda Shakespeare Schools Festival.
Budding thespians from five senior schools and Bermuda College will perform abridged vers...
DATE: Nov 02, 2007
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Premier Ewart Brown has warned colleagues to pull together and save any leadership challenges until after the election.
The blunt e-mailed statement has raised the spectacle of another post-poll regime change like the one which saw Jennifer Smith ous...
DATE: Nov 02, 2007
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An outpouring of grief was unleashed from the steps of City Hall last night as the family and friends of four murder victims joined together to rail against violence.
The loved ones of Shaki Crockwell, Marcus Gibbings, Jason Lightbourne and Shaundae ...
DATE: Nov 02, 2007
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