246 results returned for search: "independence AND " category "Politics"
Shadow Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin last night asked Premier Paula Cox to name the Cabinet consultants who have had their services axed after “unnecessarily feeding at the trough”.
The Opposition MP applauded the fact that the Cabine...
DATE: Mar 03, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
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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Politics
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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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Politics
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The majority of voters remain opposed to Independence, according to a recent poll.
Seventy-three percent of persons surveyed by Mindmaps said they were against such a move.
The figure is the same as in an October survey.
As before, 14 percent of tho...
DATE: Jan 28, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Former United Bermuda Party Minister Maxwell Burgess yesterday revealed he’s joined the Progressive Labour Party.
Mr Burgess immediately tipped as a potential PLP candidate at the next general election told The Royal Gazette: “I’m committed to helpin...
DATE: Jan 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
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
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
In the second of our three-part series looking at Bermuda’s political parties as 2010 comes to an end, the United Bermuda Party’s new recruit Montell Currin explains to Tim Smith why he was nervous telling his grandmother he was signing up with the o...
DATE: Dec 29, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Speaking four years ago, Dr. Brown said he wanted to spend time and energy making more citizens comfortable with Independence and move Bermuda towards its true glory as a prosperous independent nation.Royal Gazette poll in November 2006, by Resea...
DATE: Oct 22, 2010
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Politics
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A co-founder of a newspaper himself, Premier Ewart Brown has always kept a keener interest in the media than most politicians — and it's probably fair to say he hasn't always liked what he's read.
And as with many aspects of Dr. Brown's tenure, his c...
DATE: Oct 21, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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