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Premier Paula Cox is “cynical” about the British Government’s desire for closer links with its Overseas Territories, a visiting British MP revealed.
Andrew Rosindell paid a three-day visit to Bermuda this week in his capacity as chairman of the Briti...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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Opposition merger talks have hit a brick wall with the two sides arguing over the role of the United Bermuda Party’s top level executives.
The UBP, which has nine MPs to the Bermuda Democratic Alliance’s three, is said to want greater representation ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox is being advised to call a summer election, but the Progressive Labour Party is said to be a long way from being ready for one.
Some senior PLP figures want the Premier to cash in on a feel-good factor from her Budget which won supp...
DATE: Feb 23, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A British MP who monitors the British Overseas Territories expressed concern over the “big black hole” of Bermuda’s national debt and advised Government: “Get your house in order.”
Andrew Rosindell arrived on Monday for a three-day fact-finding trip ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2011
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Several contracts awarded under former Premier Brown have ended under Premier Paula Cox.
Yesterday United Bermuda Party Senator Michael Dunkley said his party welcomed the move but that future contracts need to be handled more transparently.
The cont...
DATE: Feb 23, 2011
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The Progressive Labour Party should speed up the process when it comes to reforms, a young member said at Founders’ Day yesterday.
Forty-eight years ago, on February 10, seven men Hugh Richardson, Edward DeJean, Walter Robinson, Wilfred Allen, Albert...
DATE: Feb 21, 2011
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A British MP who helps oversee the British Overseas Territories will arrive in Bermuda on Monday for a three day visit.
Andrew Rosindell is visiting in his role as Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on the British Overseas Territories.
Ac...
DATE: Feb 19, 2011
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Politics
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Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess yesterday said the police/court building would have a maximum three percent cost overrun and should have full occupancy next month.
But Shadow Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin said that takes the total cost of th...
DATE: Feb 18, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan today urged Premier Paula Cox to take his party’s advice as she prepares to deliver tomorrow’s Budget.
Mr Swan said the Island would be in much better shape if Government had heeded the UBP’s financial suggestions...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The advertising agency at the centre of a storm of controversy over the past five years did not bid to extend its contract with the Department of Tourism this year.
GlobalHue was awarded a $13 million three-year contract in 2006 and a $28 million two...
DATE: Feb 17, 2011
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