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Progressive Labour Party election candidates last night promised a brighter future for St George's as they fought back against claims it's a ghost town.
At a packed town hall meeting at Penno's Wharf, St George's West candidate Renee Ming argued entr...
DATE: Nov 28, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Friends, and now sparring partners on the campaign trail. In what must be the cleanest constituency campaign in this election, Members of Parliament Mark Pettingill and Dale Butler are both quick to attest to their friendship — and are slow to critic...
DATE: Nov 28, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Accountant Cornell Fubler is making a last-minute bid for elective office and is asking the voters of St George’s North to send him to parliament on December 17.
His candidacy means that there are now nine general election candidates running as indep...
DATE: Nov 28, 2012
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Politics
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Independent candidate Erwin Adderley was ommitted from The Royal Gazette’s Pembroke West profile of candidates on Monday.
Below is Mr Adderley’s biogaphy and an outline of what his aim is for the people of constituency 19.
Bringing back neighbourhood...
DATE: Nov 28, 2012
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Politics
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Nomination Day for the coming general election is tomorrow, when the candidates for all constituencies will gather in Hamilton’s Seventh Day Adventist Church Hall.
It marks a first for the Island, following amendments to the Parliamentary Election Ac...
DATE: Nov 28, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The PLP launched an attack on a young Opposition candidate following a press conference she participated in last week.
Political newcomer Nandi Davis, 25, hit out at the PLP during the press conference over its “head in the sand” approach to national...
DATE: Nov 28, 2012
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Politics
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Mark Pettingill
Mark Pettingill joined the United Bermuda Party once they had lost the 1998 election. “I had my career, and it was starting to take flight. The PLP came into power and the UBP leader, Pam Gordon, asked me to be in the Senate. I was 3...
DATE: Nov 28, 2012
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Politics
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News that PLP candidate Makai Dickerson had been caught with cannabis sparked discussion and debate across the Island yesterday.
While several members of the public told The Royal Gazette they felt Mr Dickerson should step down as a candidate, others...
DATE: Nov 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The One Bermuda Alliance and the Progressive Labour Party do not dispute that the economy is in recession, and that in a time of high unemployment the youth are particularly hard hit.
They also agree that importing some workers from overseas is impo...
DATE: Nov 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Life expectancy rose, cancer mortality declined, but over the last decade Bermuda’s spending on healthcare grew and grew.
When it comes to expenditure, the Island is second only to the US, the top spender of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation...
DATE: Nov 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell