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Public support for Premier Paula Cox has increased, but OBA deputy leader Michael Dunkley is just as popular, according to a new poll.
The Mindmaps poll conducted for The Royal Gazette found that 37 percent of registered voters have a favourable impr...
DATE: Oct 04, 2011
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Premier Paula Cox is calling on people to pull together to help turn around the economic downturn and look to a more positive future.
Ms Cox says Islanders should use their fighting spirit to focus beyond the “bleak and grim” reality of the current ...
DATE: Oct 04, 2011
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Residents will be able to ask questions and make submissions at City of Hamilton meetings, starting tomorrow.
The offer is open to all residents, not just those who live in the city or own businesses there.
Said City secretary Edward Benevides: “Our ...
DATE: Oct 04, 2011
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Making returning travellers pay more Customs duty at the airport might help Government raise money, but is unlikely to help local retailers, according to Bermuda residents.
Duty for items declared by returning residents at the airport is to increase ...
DATE: Oct 04, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The temporary payroll tax relief granted to retailers on Friday may be given to other businesses too.
Premier Paula Cox revealed last night she had ordered a review of business classifications to determine if certain “customer-orientated” firms shoul...
DATE: Oct 03, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
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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