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Louise Jackson, MP for Pembroke South West, has decided to retire from parliamentary politics and will not be running in the next General Election.
But Mrs Jackson, who at 80 is the oldest member of Parliament, says that does not mean she is quitting...
DATE: Feb 01, 2012
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Premier Paula Cox is pushing for Bermuda to have direct formal links with the European Union through membership in the Overseas Countries and Territories Association.
The OCTA brings together about two dozen territories with links to the United King...
DATE: Feb 01, 2012
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Union leaders have been told to be “innovative” when it comes to pay negotiations by the Premier, Paula Cox.
The Royal Gazette understands Ms Cox called the leaders of the Bermuda Public Services Association and the Bermuda Industrial Union to a mee...
DATE: Feb 01, 2012
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City of Hamilton and Bermuda Industrial Union officials emerged from a lengthy meeting yesterday with both sides claiming the talks were productive and that resolutions had been reached.
The hastily planned meeting with city management essentially po...
DATE: Feb 01, 2012
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Ministers are considering new legislation to ban full-face black visors for motorcycle helmets.
The move comes in the wake of an armed robbery when four men all wearing crash helmets with full-face dark visors robbed the Hitching Post, in Sandys. It ...
DATE: Feb 01, 2012
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Premier Paula Cox refuses to answer queries on the Auditor General's Special Report
By Sam Strangeways, –Ayo Johnson –and Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox is not answering questions on the Auditor General's Special Report on the Misuse of Public Funds “at...
DATE: Feb 01, 2012
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Transport Minister Derrick Burgess yesterday announced a moratorium on the issuing of new water truck permits.
Mr Burgess told a press conference that the move was aimed at protecting market share for existing water truck operators.
“Water truck oper...
DATE: Jan 31, 2012
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Britain should establish a commission to review Bermuda’s existing electoral system, according to UBP MP Kim Swan.
Mr Swan’s suggestion is contained in a submission from the UBP to a White Paper on Overseas Territories Government and the One Bermuda ...
DATE: Jan 31, 2012
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A former United Bermuda Party branch chairman, David Tavares, has decided to stand as an independent candidate for Constituency #8, Smith’s South.
Mr Tavares has been mulling his decision since last year and says he has been encouraged by feedback f...
DATE: Jan 31, 2012
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More than 100 Progressive Labour Party supporters turned out at the Warwick Workman’s Club last night, to hear first hand from the candidates who will vie for a seat in the House of Assembly later this year, when the election is called.
And it was cl...
DATE: Jan 31, 2012
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