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Progressive Labour Party candidates felt the heat from their own supporters last night as Bermuda's unemployment crisis took centre stage at a town-hall meeting.
*Editor's Note: this story has been corrected to note that Michelle Wainwright is a gran...
DATE: Dec 06, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards has questioned who’s running the Accountant General’s office following news that a second senior staff member is on leave.
Assistant Accountant General David King is reported to be out of the office on educational...
DATE: Dec 06, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
With a rally in the east end, home to critical marginal constituencies, planned for this evening, and a late morning press conference led by Premier Paula Cox, the Progressive Labour Party is expected to release its election manifesto today.
Premier...
DATE: Dec 06, 2012
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Politics
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Smith’s North is a patchwork constituency that has been transformed since the last election.
Patrice Minors won it for the Progressive Labour Party against the United Bermuda Party’s Michael Dunkley in 2007.
Senator Dunkley is now challenging the Eco...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Progressive Labour Party candidates last night called on their supporters to keep faith with their political family in spite of heavy criticism.
Devonshire North Central's Glenn Blakeney and Vance Campbell of Smith's West both conceded the PLP had ma...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Former United Bermuda Party leader Michael Dunkley lamented the party’s use of black people as tokens, in a 2009 interview.
And he acknowledged the existence of the consultant’s report, dubbed the “secret plan” by the Progressive Labour Party, saying...
DATE: Dec 05, 2012
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Politics
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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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Politics
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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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CATEGORY:
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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Politics
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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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CATEGORY:
Politics
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