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Parliamentary Registrar Randy Scott has advised voters what they need to bring with them to their election day polling stations on Monday.
Mr Scott said: “All registered voters should attend their polling station between 8am and 8pm on Monday, Decemb...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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Economic growth will result from moving outside many people’s comfort zones and will include orbital slots and the ‘Blue Economy’, as well as attracting international investment from countries like Bhutan to our shores, Premier Paula Cox told an audi...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Key numbers for St David’s, Constituency 3
St David’s lost 197 votes to Constituency 4, St George’s South, in the change of electoral boundaries.
Despite the decrease, the Constituency still contains more voters than any other constituency.
2003 El...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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Incumbent Glenn Blakeney, Minister of Youth, Families and Sports, will be challenged for this seat by first-time candidate Anthony Francis of the OBA.
Mr Blakeney has held it since 2003 when he won against the late Hilary Soares with a 105 vote major...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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The PLP have dismissed a new MindMaps poll that shows Premier Paula Cox with a meagre 34 percent favourability rating just days before the election.
Voters placed Ms Cox third behind rival Craig Cannonier, the leader of the OBA, who got 48 percent, a...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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OBA candidate Gaylynne Cannonier hopes to establish a new community centre in St David’s as part of a plan to revitalise the area.
“I believe it was attempted before, but for whatever reason it didn’t continue,” she said. “I think if you work along w...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Glenn Blakeney — Progressive Labour Party
Mr Blakeney has been in Parliament since 2003 when he won the Devonshire North Central seat with a 105 vote majority against the United Bermuda Party’s Hilary Soares.
“It has never been a safe seat,” he said ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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It seems that Monday’s election is not just a battle for the hearts and minds of voters — it’s turned into a battle for their lawns too.
One upset Opposition supporter woke up yesterday to find that a large banner featuring One Bermuda Alliance candi...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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Wayne Scott believes the PLP cares more about attacking the OBA, and staying in power, than it does about the people of Bermuda.
Mr Scott, the Opposition candidate for Warwick North Central, said there was a deep disconnect between Government and the...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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The latest in The Royal Gazette’s series on marginal constituencies, Owain Johnston-Barnes takes a look at St David’s.
The largest constituency in terms of voter numbers, St David’s was one of the areas most affected by changes to the electoral boun...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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