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LONDON (Reuters) — An expenses scandal that has discredited the British political system and fuelled calls for radical reform of the "Mother of Parliaments" looks set to prompt a voter backlash against Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Disclosures that MP...
DATE: May 19, 2009
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If, as alleged, Premier Dr. Ewart Brown tried to force Kenneth Dill to resign as Head of the Civil Service, then it would appear that he was wrong to do so.
This is not as simple as it might seem, however, and some background is necessary to put this...
DATE: May 05, 2009
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TCI thanks the Queen
April 26, 2009
Dear Sir,
Your article on Dr. Brown's feelings towards his good mate Michael Misick is not surprising. However, I can tell you that we are delighted at the British intervention as we have a crisis in the Turks and ...
DATE: Apr 29, 2009
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In the platinum period
April 4, 2009
Dear Sir,
I was travelling along South Shore yesterday when I came across an endangered species. This rare breed is on the verge of extinction. No, it was not a Cahow or even a land crab. I was amazed! There perch...
DATE: Apr 06, 2009
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Premier Dr. Ewart Brown's decision to halt debate on the Government bill which would have allowed gambling on cruise ships in port can only be seen as a worrying personal defeat; perhaps the most severe since he became leader of the Progressive Labou...
DATE: Mar 20, 2009
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Auditor General Larry Dennis' special report, tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday, contains many areas of concern, but he views them so seriously that he has qualified his audit for the first time in eight years.
In effect, a qualified audit me...
DATE: Mar 12, 2009
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@rh18bold:Today in History
Today is Thursday, February 12, the 43rd day of 2009. There are 322 days left in the year.
On this date
In 1554, Lady Jane Grey, who'd claimed the throne of England for nine days, and her husband, Guildford Dudley, were beh...
DATE: Feb 12, 2009
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By now, the dust has settled on the Mall in Washington D.C., after the gathering of more than a million souls less than two weeks ago. They came to hear the Inauguration speech of President Barack Obama. Some of that dust came from as far away as the...
DATE: Feb 02, 2009
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January 25, 2008
WE, in Bermuda, often seem to live in a world where we believe "it can't happen here" until it does happen here. I suspect that the people of the Turks and Caicos Islands thought the same way when Michael Misick came to power a few y...
DATE: Jan 30, 2009
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Give emergency services GPS
January 22, 2009
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Sam Strangeways' story "Ambulance driver tells inquest: 'I did my best'" touched me. Surely when we see our loved ones needing medical help urgently we expect those (ie 911 and EMT) who can provi...
DATE: Jan 28, 2009
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