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Government’s new blueprint for the Island’s energy use is “a good start”, but thin on details, according to the Opposition.
Shadow Environment Minister Cole Simons of the One Bermuda Alliance called the 2011 Energy White Paper “long overdue”.
Mr Simo...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Premier Paula Cox has told Bermudians they have to stop being self-doubters and self-haters to help turn around the economy.
More than 200 people packed in a town-hall meeting at Warwick Workmen’s Club last night to listen to what Government is doing...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011
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Politics
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Lovitta Foggo believes she’s proved women are up to the task after three years as Bermuda’s first female Government Chief Whip.
The St David’s MP says her election to the post by Parliamentary colleagues in 2008 paved the way for her to show how fema...
DATE: Jul 20, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
One Bermuda Alliance MP Shawn Crockwell questioned Premier Paula Cox’s pledge to ‘do more with less’ as he claimed Progressive Labour Party insiders are picking up lucrative consultant contracts.
Mr Crockwell said Ms Cox is continuing a Ewart Brown p...
DATE: Jul 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government’s six-month amnesty on illegally held dogs “alone will not solve Bermuda’s dog control challenges”, according to the Shadow Environment Minister.
Cole Simons, of the One Bermuda Alliance, said if in power his party would have taken a diff...
DATE: Jul 18, 2011
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Politics
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One Bermuda Alliance chairman Michael Fahy last night pointed to the shortcomings of the last financial statement filed by Bermuda Industrial Union as he continued his campaign for the union to reveal its finances. Mr Fahy has obtained a copy of the ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan has urged MPs to look at strategies to address the ‘critical issue’ of diminishing open space on the Island.
Mr Swan said the environment and preservation of open spaces “is of great concern” and noted that every...
DATE: Jul 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Government is failing to protect taxpayer’s money by glossing over the previous mistakes of the Bermuda Small Business Development Corporation, according to Opposition politicians.
Community Development Minister Michael Weeks said he was attempting t...
DATE: Jul 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
This is the continuation of coverage of Friday’s House of Assembly session in which Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards, of the One Bermuda Alliance, warned that the Island was ‘flirting with economic failure’. The first part of this report appeared...
DATE: Jul 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Only medicines eligible for sale in the North America or Europe can be imported to the Island, according to legislation which was tabled in the House of Assembly.
The Pharmacy and Poisons Amendment Act 2011, which was listed in the House on Friday, ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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