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Bermudians head to polling stations today in a historic general election that both parties feel confident of winning.
Today’s poll is the first to be held under redrawn constituency boundaries since the single seat electoral system was introduced in ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2012
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The One Bermuda Alliance holds a 19 point lead over the PLP, according to a survey conducted by Total Research Associates.
Consistent with other polls, it states that the outcome of today’s general election is in the hands of a significant proportion...
DATE: Dec 17, 2012
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The Bermuda Public Services Union has asked questions of both political parties on behalf of their members.
General Secretary Edward Ball Jr explained: “The membership requested that we seek clarification on some of the key points. The questions came...
DATE: Dec 17, 2012
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Incumbent Glenn Blakeney, Minister of Youth, Families and Sports, will be challenged for this seat by first-time candidate Anthony Francis of the OBA.
Mr Blakeney has held it since 2003 when he won against the late Hilary Soares with a 105 vote major...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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The latest in The Royal Gazette’s series on marginal constituencies, Owain Johnston-Barnes takes a look at St David’s.
The largest constituency in terms of voter numbers, St David’s was one of the areas most affected by changes to the electoral boun...
DATE: Dec 14, 2012
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Premier Paula Cox this afternoon urged voters “not to turn the clock back” at vote PLP on Monday.
Ms Cox released a statement saying “this is the most important election since that historic day in November 1998”.
The statement said:
When you go to th...
DATE: Dec 13, 2012
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Politics
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Is it a movement that’s here to stay — or an aberration? Independent general election candidates are convinced that their time has come and Bermuda is witnessing the beginning of the end of politics as we know it.
The reason for this, they say, is th...
DATE: Dec 13, 2012
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Politics
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Premier Paula Cox will lead a panel discussion tomorrow featuring a panel of women running in the general election on the theme “Embracing Bermuda’s Women”.
Panelists include candidates Renee Ming, Lovitta Foggo, Patrice Minors, Dawn Simmons and Sen ...
DATE: Dec 12, 2012
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Asked to assess how the crime situation has changed since the last election, Minister of National Security Wayne Perinchief was characteristically blunt.
“It’s the escalation of gang violence and use of guns, which became topical in 2009. In 2010 whe...
DATE: Dec 11, 2012
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Progressive Labour Party
The PLP has pledged to implement “a new national crime reduction plan with input from a cross-section of community clubs and agencies working to reduce crime”.
The party would provide the public with a crime reduction strat...
DATE: Dec 11, 2012
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