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Michael Dunkley: One Bermuda Alliance
“My loss taught me some valuable lessons,” said the OBA’s Senator Dunkley of his 2007 defeat in Smith’s North. Married, aged 54 and with two children, he lives nearby on South Shore Road, Devonshire.
His family ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
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Bermuda’s Accountant General has been placed on administrative leave, it was confirmed yesterday.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Public Services Union was aware that Joyce Hayward, who holds the post, was on leave, but could not comment further.
Admin...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Key numbers for Smith’s North:
Smith’s North gained 241 voters from Constituency 6, Hamilton West, which the United Bermuda Party’s Wayne Furbert won in the last two general elections.
Constituency 10 also lost 258 Loyal Hill and North Ridge Crescent...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
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The Progressive Labour Party has fired another salvo at the One Bermuda Alliance over the Penczner report this time from Smiths North candidate Patrice Minors who targeted her challenger Michael Dunkley in a statement issued on Wednesday night.
“What...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
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One Bermuda Alliance leader Craig Cannonier abruptly ended a press conference yesterday and refused to entertain questions about the controversial consultant’s report to the United Bermuda Party.
The Royal Gazette raised the issue at a media event to...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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Politics
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Gang violence will be treated as a national emergency by a One Bermuda Alliance Government, the media was told yesterday.
Jeff Baron, OBA spokesperson for National Security, claimed that Government had failed to live up to its promises to tackle gang...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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Former United Bermuda Party Leader Kim Swan was sent a consultant’s report in February 2008 that outlined how members of the UBP could leave the party and form a new party the so-called “secret plan” — and which said former leader Michael Dunkley had...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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Politics
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“On two occasions when questioned by Mr Gary Moreno during a television interview, I confirmed that a controversial document which ‘rocked’ the United Bermuda Party following the 2007 general election existed.
“For the avoidance of doubt, this is not...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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Politics
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For every ten voters, seven say Bermuda is on the wrong track, a One Bermuda Alliance poll shows.
And 75 percent of voters say the country should not continue the economic policies of the last five years.
The economy outstrips all other concerns as t...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
The United Bermuda Party used “black surrogates” in an attempt to secure power, according to its former leader Wayne Furbert.
The Transport Minister acknowledged that he “probably was being a surrogate” while a member of the UBP.
He said a “group” me...
DATE: Dec 04, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell