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Construction work is still ongoing at the police/court building five days after Government had said it would be completed.
The site at the junction of Church, Court and Victoria Street remained a hive of activity yesterday, with elements including th...
DATE: Jan 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Opposition MPs have urged Government to move quickly in 2011 to implement Bermuda’s long-awaited freedom of information law.
Former Premier Ewart Brown pledged in July when the Public Access to Information (PATI) Act was passed in the House of Assemb...
DATE: Jan 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Staunch independence supporter Alex Scott concedes now is not the time to push for a split with the UK as Bermuda gets to grips with its economic, crime and social problems.
But Mr Scott believes Premier Paula Cox will have enough trust from the publ...
DATE: Jan 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda Democratic Alliance MP Mark Pettingill says his pet dog would get elected for either of the traditional parties in their stronghold constituencies.
But Mr Pettingill dismissed claims of a rift in the BDA as he outlined his party’s uphill batt...
DATE: Jan 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Deputy United Bermuda Party leader Trevor Moniz yesterday claimed “cocky” Bermuda Democratic Alliance leader Craig Cannonier is dashing hopes of a coordinated Opposition.
Mr Moniz believes the BDA’s three MPs his former UBP colleagues Shawn Crockwell...
DATE: Jan 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The United Nations General Assembly has expressed its regret over Bermuda's lack of public meetings and Parliamentary debates on independence.
The Assembly has adopted a resolution calling for discussion on the issue, noting the Island's political pa...
DATE: Jan 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Political activist Khalid Wasi yesterday called for all Opposition MPs to quit their own parties and join the Progressive Labour Party.
Mr Wasi said that would allow Bermuda to “start a new game” after the PLP effectively sealed checkmate by ensuring...
DATE: Jan 04, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government appears to have missed its self-imposed deadline to complete the police/court building, Shadow Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin claimed yesterday.
Earlier this month, Works Minister Derrick Burgess said all construction aspects of th...
DATE: Dec 31, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The coming year could be the year a succession of faces synonymous with the Progressive Labour Party's rise to power finally move out of the spotlight.
Thirteen years after the PLP's famous first election victory, 12 of that victorious team still hol...
DATE: Dec 30, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Voter’s Rights Association has expressed concerns that plans could be moving forward to turn White’s Island into a juvenile corrections facility.
A spokesman for the Department of Corrections was contacted yesterday, but has not commented as of p...
DATE: Dec 30, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
