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The United Bermuda Party has relaunched its website after about three months but you can’t find out much without a password.
The political party’s new-look website appeared online yesterday morning suggesting the UBP is gearing up for the next genera...
DATE: Sep 23, 2011
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Overseas Territories Minister Henry Bellingham is to visit Bermuda ahead of Britain publishing its White Paper.
The Conservative MP will make his first visit to the Island next week in what he calls “a very important time for Bermuda, and overseas te...
DATE: Sep 23, 2011
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Politics
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Lawyer Charles Richardson said Government has suffered serious trust issues as he claimed Bermuda’s political landscape is in bad need of a manicure.
Mr Richardson had previously suggested he would run for the Progressive Labour Party in Hamilton Sou...
DATE: Sep 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The standing for PLP MP Neletha Butterfield remained in doubt last night after a constituency vote in Pembroke West Central proved the tightest so far in the party’s primaries.
The first count produced an unprecedented 35-35 tie between the incumbent...
DATE: Sep 23, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A job centre for out-of-work Bermudians is to be formed from the amalgamation of the Department of Labour and Training and the National Training Board.
Economy and Trade Minister Kim Wilson said the two bodies would merge “in the near future”, after ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Health Minister Zane DeSilva and Deputy Speaker Randy Horton won key victories at Progressive Labour Party branch elections last night.
But Bermuda’s longest serving MP, Speaker Stanley Lowe, appears to have called time on his political career after ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Rolfe Commissiong was last night selected as the Progressive Labour Party candidate for Pembroke South East on a night of drama at Alaska Hall.
He defeated incumbent Ashfield DeVent, whose nine-year run as an MP is now almost certain to come to an en...
DATE: Sep 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards has urged Bermuda to follow in the footsteps of the Cayman Islands and reconsider controversial work permit term limits.
Premier McKeeva Bush of Cayman said last Wednesday that he was suspending the policy for two...
DATE: Sep 20, 2011
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Politics
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One of the Progressive Labour Party’s most hotly contested election battles will be fought out tonight as Pembroke South East members select their representative at Alaska Hall.
Incumbent Ashfield DeVent, the area’s MP for nine years, and Government ...
DATE: Sep 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Former Accountant General Anthony Richardson was yesterday unveiled as the Progressive Labour Party’s candidate for the Devonshire South Central by-election.
Mr Richardson, 47, who has risen through the ranks to PLP treasurer, said his extensive reco...
DATE: Sep 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
