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Last week's Cabinet shuffle brought with it some surprises and some welcome moves.
This was a more sweeping Cabinet shuffle than might have been expected after the Progressive Labour Party secured a third successive term, and it would have been reaso...
DATE: Dec 27, 2007
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The Opposition presently holds fourteen seats – this is a positive thing and a solid base upon which to build. It is a fact that the fourteen who hold their seats under the 'new' UBP banner are not philosophically related to the UBP of old. Unlike th...
DATE: Dec 27, 2007
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@rh18bold:Today in History
Today is Monday, December 24, the 358th day of 2007. There are seven days left in the year. This is Christmas Eve.
On this date
In 1524, Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama — who had discovered a sea route around Africa to I...
DATE: Dec 24, 2007
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With the gruelling election campaign now over, Christmas provides an opportunity for all to relax and reflect on the most important things in life — friends, family and the lessons that the Christmas season provides.
Regardless of whether Bermuda's r...
DATE: Dec 24, 2007
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It didn't happen
December 14, 2007
Dear Sir,
Thank you for allowing me the space to respond to the letter from Wendell Hollis, December 10, 2007. What a wonderful opportunity! The UBP never "forced" any Bermudian to Independence! Mr. Hollis states th...
DATE: Dec 24, 2007
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The election of 2007 has come and gone, with another PLP victory. While I am the first to say that the extent of the victory was a surprise to most, including myself, it is understandable when we look at the campaigns that were run by both parties, a...
DATE: Dec 22, 2007
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BOSTON — Aren't you beginning to feel just a little sympathy for Republicans? It's less than a month to the first vote. The Democrats are suffering from an embarrassment of riches. The Republicans are suffering an embarrassment.
The only commitment p...
DATE: Dec 21, 2007
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UBP: Deaf, mute & blind
December 20, 2007
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The UBP and its supporting cast remind me of those three little Monkeys. Who never saw, heard or spoke any evil. Now that they have lost their third straight election. They are putting it down to a ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2007
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The following are editorial opinions from newspapers from around the world which may be of interest to Royal Gazette readers.
The (Covington) Kentucky Post,
on interrogation techniques
Torture — or enhanced interrogation techniques, if you wish — is...
DATE: Dec 21, 2007
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WASHINGTON — Is the thought of Mike Huckabee as president just vaguely scary? Or have we learned enough about the man that we should be hair-on-fire alarmed at the prospect, still pretty remote, that he could actually win?
True, none of his opponents...
DATE: Dec 20, 2007
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