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The PLP should field a white candidate, Jonathan Smith, to stand a chance of wresting Devonshire South Central from the Opposition, according to political pundit Phil Perinchief.
The former PLP Senator spoke out as the party geared up to announce tod...
DATE: Sep 19, 2011
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Shadow Minister of National Security Michael Dunkley called for St George’s police station to open 24-hours-a-day after news that no officers were available to deal with a serious incident this week.
The Royal Gazette reported on Wednesday that Belle...
DATE: Sep 19, 2011
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Anyone who thinks the campaign for good governance will wilt now John Barritt's out of the House had better think again.
He may have to do it from the sidelines from this point on, but the long-serving former Devonshire South Central MP is vowing to ...
DATE: Sep 19, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox was “not telling the whole story” when she said Bermuda’s immigration policy is more flexible than the Cayman Islands’, according to a business executive.
Ms Cox made her comments after news on Wednesday that work permit term limits...
DATE: Sep 17, 2011
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A by-election for the Devonshire South Central seat vacated by John Barritt will take place on Tuesday, November 1 three days before the reopening of Parliament.
Mr Barritt officially resigned his parliamentary seat on Thursday in order that Craig Ca...
DATE: Sep 17, 2011
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The suspension of work permit term limits in the Cayman Islands is bad news for Bermuda, according to United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan.
Mr Swan said news that a competing international business jurisdiction has taken a step Bermuda should have co...
DATE: Sep 16, 2011
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John Barritt yesterday brought his long House of Assembly career to an end by resigning as Opposition Leader and as an MP.
A by-election will now take place in Devonshire South Central, with new One Bermuda Alliance leader Senator Craig Cannonier aim...
DATE: Sep 16, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Former One Bermuda Alliance leader, John Barritt, today submitted his resignation as an MP.
The move will pave the way for new OBA leader Craig Cannonier to stand in a by-election.
Mr Barritt pledged last May, while announcing the formation of the ne...
DATE: Sep 15, 2011
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Cabinet Minister Neletha Butterfield, Speaker Stanley Lowe, Deputy Speaker Randy Horton and backbenchers Ashfield DeVent, Wayne Furbert, Dennis Lister and Darius Tucker all face challenges at Progressive Labour Party primaries this month.
Contests ar...
DATE: Sep 13, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Former Progressive Labour Party Senator Phil Perinchief warned his party not to fall into the trap of underestimating the One Bermuda Alliance with its newcomer leader.
Mr Perinchief was one of a number of political analysts to note the new direction...
DATE: Sep 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith