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The United Bermuda Party yesterday tabled a motion of no confidence against Premier Ewart Brown.
MPs are now preparing to vote on whether Dr. Brown should be kicked out because of his "reckless, autocratic and unaccountable" leadership style.
Opposit...
DATE: Jun 13, 2009
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Bermuda's relationship with Britain will not deteriorate because of the decision to let four Guantánamo Bay detainees seek asylum on the Island.
The Governor Sir Richard Gozney spoke to this newspaper yesterday afternoon and assured the public that t...
DATE: Jun 13, 2009
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On a big day for Bermuda business, IPC Holdings Ltd. shareholders yesterday rejected a planned merger with Max Capital.
And Butterfield Bank stopped taking applications for its $200 million preference share offering. IPC's board said, after around 72...
DATE: Jun 13, 2009
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Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Theatre Boycott.
Community group Imagine Bermuda yesterday issued a statement reminding people of the historical significance of the protest which brought an end to segregation in public build...
DATE: Jun 13, 2009
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Premier Ewart Brown yesterday admitted that he may not have brought four Guantánamo Bay detainees to Bermuda had he anticipated the "firestorm" it would provoke.
But he told MPs during a speech in the House of Assembly that he still firmly believed i...
DATE: Jun 13, 2009
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MPs reacted strongly yesterday to being left in the dark over the resettlement of four Guantánamo detainees in Bermuda.
House of Assembly debate was dominated by angry criticism at Premier Dr. Ewart Brown's sudden announcement on Thursday that the Ch...
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The four Chinese Muslims released from Guantánamo Bay to come to Bermuda say they had never even heard of al Qaeda until they arrived at the US prison camp where they have been confined for the past seven years.
And in an interview with The Royal Gaz...
DATE: Jun 13, 2009
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Some but not all of the Uighurs seeking a new life in Bermuda were taught to break down a Kalashnikov in Afghanistan but none have any links with al Qaeda, their lawyer insisted yesterday.
Susan Baker Manning said the fact that some of her clients re...
DATE: Jun 13, 2009
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However, John Barritt, Shadow Minister of Legislative and Public Administration Reform, said: "The silence from the other side of this House has become deafening. I would have thought the front bench would have been speaking on this."
Saying he was "...
DATE: Jun 13, 2009
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Scholarships of $2,000 are now available for young people involved in the arts.
A $1,000 scholarship initially offered by the Bermuda 2009 Steering Committee was matched by the Bermuda Society of Arts for the youth performing arts and writing competi...
DATE: Jun 12, 2009
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