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Term limits should be scrapped and long term residents given clear guidelines as to how they can obtain Bermuda status, the United Bermuda Party says.
Charlie Swan, one of the two remaining UBP MPs said that his party believed that Government’s term ...
DATE: Sep 21, 2012
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News that Andre Curtis, who has just finished a prison sentence for his part in running a Ponzi scheme, is running for Parliament has prompted a lot of reaction. Olivia Riley went out to find out whether people thought those with a criminal convictio...
DATE: Sep 19, 2012
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Politicians from across the divide have paid tribute to Ralph Marshall, one of the United Bermuda Party’s first parliamentarians, who died yesterday morning at the age of 85.
Professionally, Mr Marshall blazed a trail for the Portuguese community whe...
DATE: Sep 19, 2012
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Term limits could well be one of the key fault lines between the political forces vying for power in the upcoming general election.
But at least one ruling party candidate is conceding that Government may want to consult again and have another look a...
DATE: Sep 17, 2012
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Premier Paula Cox shared the stage with former US President Bill Clinton for almost an hour yesterday, after taking on the formidable task of introducing the popular former US President and great orator as the keynote speaker for the C3 Summit on US-...
DATE: Sep 14, 2012
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The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance has failed again to present its plans for dealing with the national debt, according to the ruling party.
In a statement released by the Progressive Labour Party yesterday Neville Tyrell, candidate for district 11, ...
DATE: Sep 13, 2012
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Ashfield DeVent, MP for Pembroke South East, is being urged to run for office after this newspaper's report on Andre Curtis' campaign in the district.
Mr DeVent would only say that he had been called by a handful of people when contacted by The Royal...
DATE: Sep 12, 2012
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Government must do more to support Bermuda’s businesses in order to build the economy and tackle rising debt, according to the United Bermuda Party.
UBP financial spokesman Charlie Swan said yesterday that international businesses leaving the Island ...
DATE: Sep 11, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Just months after being released from prison, Andre Curtis is campaigning to be elected to parliament.
Mr Curtis has been handing out campaign flyers to residents of district 21, or Pembroke South East, according to reports.
His promises include a “s...
DATE: Sep 11, 2012
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The ruling Progressive Labour Party has again criticised the Opposition One Bermuda Alliance for having “no solutions and no ideas” in the wake of the OBA's recent press conference on the economy.
Last week Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards and OB...
DATE: Sep 10, 2012
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