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Former consultant to the Premier Rolfe Commissiong has criticised One Bermuda Alliance MP Grant Gibbons for being “obscure” about the issue of racial bloc voting.
Mr Commission who spearheaded Ewart Brown’s Bermuda Race Relations Initiative, was resp...
DATE: Jan 05, 2012
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Racism is the driving force behind the white community’s tendency to vote overwhelmingly for one political party, according to historian and activist Dr Eva Hodgson.
It’s just not that simple, says Grant Gibbons, a former United Bermuda Party leader....
DATE: Jan 04, 2012
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Government is seeking representation in global financial institutions, and more autonomy to negotiate commercial treaties in a more modern partnership with the UK.
In its submission to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office which is consulting on a new ...
DATE: Jan 04, 2012
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Auditor General Heather Matthews yesterday accused Premier Paula Cox of misleading the public by playing down the failings of a key committee.
Ms Matthews revealed last month she was unable to publish her Annual Report for the years for 2008/09 and 2...
DATE: Jan 04, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Electoral reform and a Truth and Reconciliation Commission will go a long way toward resolving racial division, according to Kim Swan, the former leader of the United Bermuda Party.
And he insists that the white community should do more to end racial...
DATE: Jan 03, 2012
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Government is looking to fill three senior civil service positions. Two of the positions advertised in the Official Gazette on Friday are for Permanent Secretaries, and the other is for an Assistant Cabinet Secretary.
“The vacancies have been covere...
DATE: Jan 03, 2012
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Premier Paula Cox has been called upon to speak up about recent controversial statements made by National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief regarding International Business.
Opposition Leader Craig Cannonier said that Minister Perinchief’s comments ...
DATE: Dec 31, 2011
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Like others of his generation, Walter Lister is set to leave parliament fulfilled, but with a nagging disappointment - not in his party but in Bermuda’s failure to opt for national sovereignty after all these years.
He had had no hesitation in joini...
DATE: Dec 30, 2011
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Government has lifted a ban on breeding or importing dogs deemed a moderate risk for causing injury.
People will be allowed to keep pets including rottweilers, Staffordshire bull terriers, German shepherds and doberman pinschers as long as they act a...
DATE: Dec 29, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox has defended her party’s record following harsh criticism from Opposition Deputy Leader Senator Michael Dunkley.
In a statement in the Progressive Labour Party’s newsletter, the Premier accuses Sen Dunkley of rewriting history by sa...
DATE: Dec 29, 2011
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