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Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess is to attend the 2011 Conservative Party Conference in the UK next week.
The Public Works Minister and his permanent secretary, Robert Horton, will leave the Island on Sunday for the Manchester conference.
The pair will...
DATE: Oct 01, 2011
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The One Bermuda Alliance is viewed by more than a third of voters as a genuinely new political party with fresh leadership and ideas, according to a new poll.
However, almost a quarter of voters think it is the same as the old United Bermuda Party in...
DATE: Sep 30, 2011
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Government press attaché Scott Simmons defeated Denton Williams in a PLP branch election last night, making him the likely candidate for Southampton West Central.
Mr Simmons picked up 20 votes at the well attended meeting, while Mr Williams picked up...
DATE: Sep 30, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda must have electoral reform to rid the Island of racial polarisation, according to UBP MP Kim Swan.
Mr Swan was reacting to a poll on Monday, for The Royal Gazette, which showed 38 percent of people said they would vote OBA in a general electi...
DATE: Sep 29, 2011
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National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief has hinted that a move to the Senate would allow him to “finish what he started” in the fight against crime.
The first Cabinet Minister to have his seat threatened by the result of a Progressive Labour Part...
DATE: Sep 29, 2011
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Politics
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United Bermuda Party MP Kim Swan plans to seek re-election in St George’s West at the next General Election. The former Opposition Leader is one of just two MPs left in the UBP, along with Charlie Swan.
He has served St George’s West as an MP since 2...
DATE: Sep 28, 2011
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Government looks set to pay thousands of dollars for an overseas mechanic to come to Bermuda because about 40 percent of buses are currently off the road.
The Ministry of Transport is looking to bring in someone from Germany to help retrain local me...
DATE: Sep 28, 2011
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Shadow Health Minister Katherine Michelmore has called for answers over the plight of adults with disabilities whose Government day care facility is “completely inadequate” for their needs.
The Orange Valley Centre for adults with mental and physical...
DATE: Sep 28, 2011
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Politics
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“We haven’t spent your money without telling you” is the message from Transport Minister Terry Lister, who insists no decisions have been made on dredging Bermuda’s shipping channels.
Mr Lister has announced he wants to speak to the public directly ...
DATE: Sep 28, 2011
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Politics
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National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief last night failed to get reselected as the Progressive Labour Party candidate for his Pembroke Central constituency, losing out to former Senator Walton Brown.
Mr Perinchief is understood to have picked up ...
DATE: Sep 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
