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The fledgling One Bermuda Alliance is facing a battle between the old and the new as it prepares its slate of candidates for the general election.
Young members are said to be keen for long-serving former United Bermuda Party MPs to step aside and gi...
DATE: Aug 30, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda needs to find a better way to resolve industrial disputes, according to the Bermuda Employers Council (BEC).
In a statement released last night, BEC President Keith Jensen said disputes, like those that have recently emerged on the Island’s d...
DATE: Aug 29, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new Centre for Justice will soon be up and running, to promote understanding of human rights and the law through education and advocacy.
The centre, which is a non-governmental, non-profit and non-partisan organisation, is the brainchild of former ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2011
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Politics
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An independent review of the prison service is to be carried out to address officers' safety concerns about Bermuda's “new breed of criminal”.
Attorney General and Minister of Justice Michael Scott has announced that all areas of the prison service ...
DATE: Aug 27, 2011
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Politics
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One Bermuda Alliance leadership contenders are said to be in talks over potential compromise deals to avoid any ugly battles at their first election in two weeks.
Former United Bermuda Party leader Michael Dunkley and former Bermuda Democratic Allian...
DATE: Aug 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Seniors say they face struggling to pay grocery bills for another month after learning their pension increase won’t come through until September.
Elderly people were expecting a three percent rise in August’s pension following a pledge by Premier and...
DATE: Aug 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Political party founder and pioneering architect Walter Brangman has died aged 81.
Mr Brangman, a former Progressive Labour Party MP who became a founding member of the National Liberal Party in 1985, was also one of Bermuda’s best-known architects f...
DATE: Aug 25, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The One Bermuda Alliance agrees the public should have a say in whether gaming is legalised, but insist it should be by referendum rather than town hall meetings.
Shadow Tourism Minister Pat Gordon-Pamplin has today questioned the way public opinion ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Both Opposition parties last night called for unions and managers to avoid bringing the Island to a standstill as tension remains high in a number of industries.
For the second Sunday in a row, The Oleander yesterday sat in Hamilton dock with nobody ...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government has pledged to join the Bermuda Red Cross in its Horn of Africa Famine Appeal, by matching the community’s donations up to $50,000.
Premier Paula Cox called for Bermudians to assist the charity, which is sending aid to East African communi...
DATE: Aug 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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