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Old guard United Bermuda Party politicians need to step aside because they represent the legacy which plunged the UBP to defeat at the last General Election, according to a survey commisssioned by the party.
Younger faces within the party, such as Sh...
DATE: Jul 04, 2009
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(check with Sam if Bill passed on a third reading plus add Sam's initial copy and needs new intro?)
(Also put line about outstanding traffic tickets higher up?)
A Bill to give Police greater powers in seizing criminal evidence gained cross-party supp...
DATE: Jul 04, 2009
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Former United Bermuda Party MP Darius Tucker yesterday ruled out joining the Progressive Labour Party.
Mr. Tucker — who is understood to have been taking advice from the PLP and is a golfing friend of Premier Ewart Brown — yesterday spoke to The Roya...
DATE: Jul 04, 2009
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A former PLP senator and two well-known online commentators have joined forces to launch a new blog seeking to encourage discussion of Bermuda's political and social issues.
One-time senator Davida Morris, blogger Jonathan Starling who writes Catch a...
DATE: Jul 03, 2009
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The UK Government is working to standardise treatment of British prisoners and their parole in Overseas Territories.
A Foreign and Commonwealth Office spokeswoman said a former Chief Executive of the Parole Board of England and Wales is visiting vari...
DATE: Jul 03, 2009
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A huge crowd of all ages and races gathered at the new Wesley Square park yesterday evening to celebrate 50 years of desegregation – and to pay tribute to the Progressive Group, who spearheaded the theatre boycott in 1959.
The event saw the unveiling...
DATE: Jul 03, 2009
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Three local firms have won contracts to work on the $315 million redevelopment of the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) announced this week that Conyers & Associates, OnSite Engineering and Bermuda-Caribbean Engineering...
DATE: Jul 03, 2009
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The Premier's lawyer has threatened Opposition Leader Kim Swan with legal action for saying thatDr. Ewart Brown "broke the law" by resettling the Guantanamo Uighurs without consultation.
Dr. Brown's attorney Wendell Hollis wrote a letter to Mr.Swan d...
DATE: Jul 03, 2009
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More than half the population are welcoming of the Uighurs, but 80 percent disagree with the way in which the Premier handled the issue, according to a poll.
An independent survey by Research.bm also found 60 percent thought Dr. Ewart Brown should st...
DATE: Jul 03, 2009
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The Premier has awarded five young Bermudians pursuing hospitality studies with scholarships as part of a joint initiative between the Ministry of Tourism and cruise line Royal Caribbean.
Dr. Ewart Brown, also the Tourism Minister, presented the reci...
DATE: Jul 03, 2009
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