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Tributes to the late Walton Brown included heartfelt reflections from friends and schoolmates.
Michelle Simmons, an independent senator, recalled teaching Mr Brown chemistry at the Berkeley Institute.
“Walton struck me as a highly intelligent young m...
DATE: Oct 12, 2019
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Walton Brown was remembered by his colleagues and opponents yesterday as a champion for justice who fought peacefully for the underdog.
MPs and senators made a string of tributes to the Progressive Labour Party MP at a joint sitting of the legislatur...
DATE: Oct 12, 2019
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Walton Brown would have been the “guiding hand” and “stabilising force” to help lead Bermuda to independence if he had not died, according to former premier Alex Scott.
Mr Scott told The Royal Gazette that Mr Brown, who was chairman of the Committee ...
DATE: Oct 11, 2019
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MPs and senators are paying tribute to Walton Brown today at a joint session of the legislature.
Mr Brown, a Progressive Labour Party backbencher and former Cabinet minister, died suddenly on Tuesday, aged 59.
The Royal Gazette is providing live cove...
DATE: Oct 11, 2019
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Politics
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News Staff
An investigation into Bermuda’s history of “land grabs” has taken a step closer with confirmation from the Government yesterday that a group of people were asked to form a Commission of Inquiry.
It came after a social justice advocate said the offici...
DATE: Oct 10, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An Opposition MP who is part of the bipartisan immigration reform committee has assured residents that the group is doing all it can to “get it right”.
Leah Scott, the deputy leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, said members were taking a “measure twi...
DATE: Oct 10, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Jonathan Bell
Tributes were paid yesterday to Walton Brown, a Progressive Labour Party MP who died at 59, with former premier Ewart Brown saying he had lost “a cousin and a political comrade”.
Dr Brown added: “Bermuda has lost a visionary who wanted ...
DATE: Oct 10, 2019
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Politics
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Walton Brown Jr, a government backbencher, former minister and longstanding member of the Progressive Labour Party, has died at the age of 59.
An activist, political observer and staunch advocate for Bermudian independence, Mr Brown, who represented ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The One Bermuda Alliance has a “government in waiting” with a diverse team that is ready to run the country, its leader claimed a year after he resumed the role.
Craig Cannonier believed the country is ready for him to return as Premier.
But Justin M...
DATE: Oct 07, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A rise in waste dumping fees which angered landscape gardeners has been postponed until the end of this month.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said that finance minister Curtis Dickinson had agreed to delay the increase, which he conceded was “impleme...
DATE: Oct 07, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff