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High-quality LED lights that meet stringent safety controls are “the way forward” for residents who want to slash their electricity bills.
This is the message from businessman Michael Burke who fears the Global House lighting scandal could have put p...
DATE: Oct 26, 2011
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One Bermuda Alliance Leader, Craig Cannonier yesterday promised that his party would eliminate age discrimination in the workplace, and ensure affordable and equitable health insurance and financial assistance for seniors.
But according to the ruling...
DATE: Oct 26, 2011
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The United Bermuda Party want Public Works Minister Derrick Burgess to be fired for expecting taxpayers to bail him out of the Global House lighting scandal.
Charlie Swan, UBP’s spokesman for public works, is publicly calling on Premier Paula Cox to...
DATE: Oct 25, 2011
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Premier Paula Cox has been criticised by a youth charity for lifting a line from its business plan for a political speech without giving credit.
Ms Cox used the sentence from Youth on the Move (YOM) at a Progressive Labour Party rally last week.
But ...
DATE: Oct 25, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Challenger Senator David Burt won a vote last night to become the ruling party’s election candidate for Pembroke West Central, leaving incumbent Minister Butterfield contemplating the end of her political career.
Both candidates indicated that the vo...
DATE: Oct 25, 2011
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Bermuda is in desperate need of Independent members of parliament who can “make lots of noise” without being hampered by party politics.
This is the view of David Sullivan who says he is testing the water by standing as an Independent candidate in t...
DATE: Oct 24, 2011
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Bermudians Against the Draft (BAD) have called for an extra box, labelled “none of the above” to be added to the general election ballot paper.
The campaign group is urging young black men not to vote for either of Bermuda’s main political parties si...
DATE: Oct 24, 2011
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Government is understood to have so far ordered less than a quarter of Global House’s replacement lights from a second electrical company.
Works and Engineering staff were this week instructed to rip-out the controversial LED fixtures and replace the...
DATE: Oct 22, 2011
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Politics
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UK Labour Party MP David Lammy will be the keynote speaker at the ruling Progressive Labour Party’s annual conference banquet.
Mr Lammy has been the MP for Tottenham since 2000 when he replaced the late Bernie Grant in a by-election to become, at 27,...
DATE: Oct 21, 2011
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New lights are now being installed at Global House just four days after a leaked report exposed how the health of workers had been put at risk.
Works and Engineering staff could yesterday be seen fitting the new lights at several locations within the...
DATE: Oct 21, 2011
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