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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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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.
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DATE: Nov 29, 2012
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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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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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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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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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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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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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