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Premier Paula Cox’s popularity seemingly knows no bounds after she came top in a poll assessing the potential of 13 high-profile politicians.
Seventy-eight percent of people named Ms Cox when asked to choose the best five politicians from a list comp...
DATE: Jan 27, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Progressive Labour Party now has more support than at any time since winning the 2007 general election, according to a new poll.
Forty-four percent of people said they'd vote for the PLP in the poll by Mindmaps: a climb of 17 percentage points si...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox will deliver the National Budget Statement on February 11.
Few details about what the Budget will entail have been revealed although Premier Paula Cox vowed to cut Government spending by $150 million in the 2010 Throne Speech.
So f...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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Politics
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A rush to build a new cruise ship pier for the 2009 season could have cost taxpayers $14 million, according to the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST).
The organisation said that much of the $30 million of cost overruns in the const...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s number of possible non-voters has shot up in the past three months, according to a new poll.
Just 64 percent of registered voters said they would be likely to vote in a general election in the survey by Mindmaps, down from 95 percent in the...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A founding member of the Progressive Labour Party, Arnold Francis, passed away yesterday.
Mr Francis was the first Bermudian to be awarded the title Queen’s Counsel for his legal work in 1980.
He died at the age of 88.
Speaking on behalf of the famil...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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Politics
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Premier Paula Cox enjoys a soaring popularity as she beds in as leader of the Country, according to a new poll by Research Innovations.
Ms Cox has a favourability rating of 84 percent meaning more than eight out of ten people liked the Premier in the...
DATE: Jan 25, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government should get rid of an overseas contractor hired to help revamp the bus timetable and let drivers devise a new one, according to union officials.
They say tens of thousands of taxpayers' dollars could be saved if the Department of Public Tra...
DATE: Jan 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A senior civil servant said he accepted the Auditor General's criticisms over the process Government chose to deliver the over-budget Transport Control Department construction project.
Former Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Transportation, Mar...
DATE: Jan 18, 2011
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Politics
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Economy Minister Kim Wilson yesterday announced construction opportunities will be given to small companies as Government attempts to ease the pain of the recession.
Senator Wilson said fledgling firms graduating from an incubator programme would be ...
DATE: Jan 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
