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Progressive Labour Party leader Leonard Frederick Wade was a teacher turned lawyer, whose true calling was politics. An early member of the PLP, he served the party in many capacities before becoming its leader. He was Opposition leader for 11 years....
DATE: Jul 19, 2019
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Two years ago, when the Progressive Labour Party won the General Election, we were promised all manner of things — reduced healthcare costs, lower cost of living and greater transparency, among others.
We heard the phrase “Promises made, promises kep...
DATE: Jul 18, 2019
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It was a day of miracles and wonders. That much I remember very clearly. One did not need the brainpower of a scientist or the erudition of a philosopher to know it. I was just an eight-year-old boy gazing through a bedroom window at a crescent moon,...
DATE: Jul 17, 2019
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David Von Drehle
An open letter to Barack Obama: Mr President, it is time. You must speak. Your country needs you.
Eleven summers ago, as you accepted the Democratic nomination for president, you announced: “Tonight, I say to the people of America, to Democrats and R...
DATE: Jul 16, 2019
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It is fair to say that the prospect of Boris Johnson becoming the next prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has not been universally welcomed on this side of the Atlantic.
The 55-year-old Conservative member of Parliament is often de...
DATE: Jul 15, 2019
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On behalf of myself and my wider family, I have been able to meet and personally thank the Governor, John Rankin, the Premier, David Burt, Ghana’s Honorary Consul in Bermuda, Leonard Teye-Botchway, and a number of friends and colleagues who were able...
DATE: Jul 13, 2019
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No more sweet talk from the hypocrites ... can’t take your slogans no more.” — Bob Marley
During the 2017 election campaign, the Progressive Labour Party’s slogan was: “it’s time to put Bermudians first”. What may not be recalled, is that the One Be...
DATE: Jul 11, 2019
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Vic Ball
Having personally witnessed, on December 2, 2016, how the police seamlessly allowed a few protesters to occupy the gates of Parliament, without so much as a whimper that morning, I have been vocally critical of how the police handled this whole affai...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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Bob Richards
This is the last of a four-part series looking into health policy under the Progressive Labour Party
Universal healthcare in many countries has been achieved by a mixed model of funding. General taxation revenue is the primary source of funding, but...
DATE: Jul 09, 2019
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Mere moments after the start of the hastily called community forum, the tears started to flow.
“Gobsmacked” was how one Youngstown reader described her horrified reaction to the surprise announcement, just days before, that the city’s 150-year-old da...
DATE: Jul 09, 2019
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Margaret Sullivan
