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With general election called for December 17, business and community groups alike welcomed the close of a lengthy guessing game.
Bermuda Chamber of Commerce President Ronnie Viera spoke for many when he told The Royal Gazette: “Businesses do not like...
DATE: Nov 10, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Loud cheers, whistles and applause marked a rally and press conference of One Bermuda Alliance hierarchy at the Vasco Da Gama Club supporting party leader Craig Cannonier's call to “Get it on!” — his first speech of the official election season now t...
DATE: Nov 10, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
MP Charlie Swan wants Bermuda to have a national lottery for Bermuda.
Mr Swan said such a move contained in a motion in the tabled in the House of Assembly would allow additional funding for programmes aimed at the Island’s youth.
“I have long expoun...
DATE: Nov 10, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda will go to the polls on December 17, Premier Paula Cox announced last night.
At the Progressive Labour Party's first election rally at Warwick Workman's Club, Ms Cox urged her supporters to get out the vote and put her party in power for a fo...
DATE: Nov 09, 2012
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Politics
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More than a quarter of Bermuda’s households characterised as “poor” , 150 businesses are “awaiting dissolution”, and banks’ reports of $74 million in non-performing loans between July and September were among the statistics that One Bermuda Alliance ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Former Attorney General Phil Perinchief is today quitting the Progressive Labour Party to run as an Independent in the general election.
Mr Perinchief, 68, a PLP Cabinet Minister in 2006 and 2007, will take on Junior Finance Minister David Burt and t...
DATE: Nov 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
This is the full text of the One Bermuda Alliance Leader Craig Cannonier’s Reply to the Throne Speech, which was scheduled to be delivered in the House of Assembly today:
Mr. Speaker, Honourable Members of the House of Assembly,
The people of Bermuda...
DATE: Nov 09, 2012
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Politics
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Bermuda’s latest political group says it hopes to field candidates for the General Election, but prefers to “fly under the radar” and not make details public yet.
Restore Bermuda founder and spokesman Cornell Fubler was unwilling yesterday to state h...
DATE: Nov 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Both of Bermuda’s two main political parties have condemned negativity as the Island kicks off the official start of the general election campaign.
But some pundits are fearing the worst as they vie for favour with the electorate in a battle which wi...
DATE: Nov 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The PLP this afternoon issued a statement condemning “anonymous vile and disgusting online comments”.
It comes in the wake of OBA leader Craig Cannonier’s calls for commenters to stop making disparaging remarks online about Premier Paula Cox.
The PLP...
DATE: Nov 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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