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Derick Tucker is homeless and jobless so he might understandably be a little disillusioned with politics right now. He admits that's the case ¿ but it won't stop him using his vote on December 18.
The 44-year-old, known as Papa, told The Royal Gazett...
DATE: Dec 04, 2007
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Sam Strangeways
Former Government Minister Nelson Bascome saw his scheduled theft trial delayed until April during a brief appearance at Magistrates' Court yesterday.
Mr. Bascome denies the allegation that he stole $56,000 entrusted to him by the Bank of Bermuda for...
DATE: Dec 04, 2007
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A woman who was on an objection list submitted to the Parliamentary Registrar said she was upset that the United Bermuda Party questioned her right to vote in Smith's North.
But the UBP have said they participated in the bipartisan process and includ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2007
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The final monthly cement supply ship has left Bermuda and no more deliveries are on order.
Last night a director of the Bermuda Cement Company called for a breathing space of three months in the dispute between itself and Government to avoid damaging...
DATE: Dec 04, 2007
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Scott Neil
The deadline for written submissions to a British committee looking into overseas territories has been extended.
The Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) initially invited witnesses to submit written evidence by October 15, 2007, but has now extended this...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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Thirty years ago today, three days of rioting ended in the wake of the execution of two men convicted of five murders between 1972 and 1973. Royal Gazette Reporter Ruth O'Kelly-Lynch examines the riots and their impact.
It was 10.10 p.m. when lawyer ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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The number of women standing for Parliament this year has risen slightly — to 22 percent — but the demands of working full-time and raising families still seem to keep women from participating equally in the political arena.
There are nine women runn...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons yesterday claimed Government had "undermined" the reform of the nation's schools by excluding teachers from the process.
Dr. Gibbons accused the Interim Executive Board of operating under "cronyism, nepotism an...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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The number of women standing for Parliament this year has risen slightly — to 22 percent — but the demands of working full-time and raising families still seem to keep women from participating equally in the political arena.
There are nine women runn...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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Beyond increasing pensions and reducing land tax payments for seniors, the Progressive Labour Party's mandate for the 2003 General Election did not promise much under the headline "Special Benefits For Seniors".
However, it was true to its word on th...
DATE: Dec 03, 2007
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
