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Progressive Labour Party green met One Bermuda Alliance red outside of the Seventh-day Adventist Church on King Street yesterday as part of the official nomination day.
Before nominations could begin, independent candidates Kim Swan, David Petty and ...
DATE: Nov 30, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Anthony Richardson has been chosen to replace Makai Dickerson as the PLP candidate to take on OBA leader Craig Cannonier in Constituency 12.
Last night Mr Dickerson quit as a candidate in the wake of his admission to possessing marijuana. Yesterday, ...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance yesterday announced Susan Jackson as their general election candidate for Pembroke South West.
Ms Jackson, the daughter of former area MP Louise Jackson and former Senate President the late Albert Jackson, told the...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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Politics
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Opposition leader Craig Cannonier said a One Bermuda Alliance Government would form an Economic Advisory Committee, including Government Ministers, Opposition members, trade union leaders and business groups.
He explained the group would meet every f...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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Politics
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Progressive Labour Party election candidate Makai Dickerson quit yesterday as the political storm around him intensified.
Mr Dickerson, from Sandys, stood down days after news emerged that he had been arrested and found in possession of cannabis.
Yes...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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Politics
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All One Bermuda Alliance candidates have been drug tested and found to be clean, the party’s leader Craig Cannonier said yesterday.
But while the OBA requires its general election candidates to be drug free, Mr Cannonier would not take a position on ...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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Politics
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Election candidate Jonathan Starling wants Bermuda’s growing band of independents to join forces as they bid for shock victories.
Mr Starling is one of nine independents fighting for a seat in the House of Assembly, compared with just two at the 2007...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Parliamentary Registrar Randy Scott said his office plans on hiring staff to keep track of the electoral roll’s accuracy.
Ms Scott said the Registrar has been without scrutineers, as the officers are known, for the last three years.
He said annual re...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The issue of how to reverse the rapid deterioration of public finances is politically touchy.
Neither public spending cuts, nor increasing government revenues will be popular and so if the parties have any plans for either, specifics and numbers have...
DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert came under fire yesterday after making “reprehensible” comments to a teenager on a public online forum.
The comments were part of a debate sparked by Mr Furbert, on his move from the United Bermuda Party to the governin...
DATE: Nov 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes