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"The political jury room"

When the talking stops and the dust settles for a general election, the case goes to the political jury room which is that small cubicle where each eligible voter has the opportunity to render a verdict on who should be selected to lead Bermuda into ...
Dec 06, 2012
Opinion Writer

"A vision for Sandys North"

Anyone visiting relatives and or friends in Boaz Island and/or Ireland Island will quickly see that this is a community in decline. Boarded-up windows and doors are visible everywhere. Trees are growing out of the walls and what were once patios. Beh...
Dec 05, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"Inspiring words"

December 2, 2012 Dear Sir Three very inspirational statements by two exceptional individuals. “Those who make peaceful revolutions impossible will make violent revolutions inevitable” John F Kennedy. “Nothing in the world is more dangerous than since...
Dec 05, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"Demand a little more"

December 4, 2012 Dear Sir, There is an obvious yet much overlooked paradoxical phenomenon in Bermuda. That is, politicians (generally, and not more prevalent in any particular party) knocking at our doors whenever there is an election in order to con...
Dec 05, 2012
Politics

"Boundary changes alter Smith’s North"

Smith’s North is a patchwork constituency that has been transformed since the last election. Patrice Minors won it for the Progressive Labour Party against the United Bermuda Party’s Michael Dunkley in 2007. Senator Dunkley is now challenging the Eco...
Dec 05, 2012
Politics

"Candidates: PLP has made mistakes, but still deserves power"

Progressive Labour Party candidates last night called on their supporters to keep faith with their political family in spite of heavy criticism. Devonshire North Central's Glenn Blakeney and Vance Campbell of Smith's West both conceded the PLP had ma...
Dec 05, 2012
Politics

"Michael Dunkley: Report was an 'embarrassment'"

Former United Bermuda Party leader Michael Dunkley lamented the party’s use of black people as tokens, in a 2009 interview. And he acknowledged the existence of the consultant’s report, dubbed the “secret plan” by the Progressive Labour Party, saying...
Dec 05, 2012
Letters to the Editor

"Incredible and repulsive"

December 4, 2012 Dear Sir, I put myself forward for public service under the UBP in 1998 in a losing effort to retain the government. At no time did I ever consider myself as a black surrogate or being used to hoodwink and bamboozle members of my ow...
Dec 05, 2012
Politics

"The candidates"

Michael Dunkley: One Bermuda Alliance “My loss taught me some valuable lessons,” said the OBA’s Senator Dunkley of his 2007 defeat in Smith’s North. Married, aged 54 and with two children, he lives nearby on South Shore Road, Devonshire. His family ...
Dec 05, 2012
Politics

"BY THE NUMBERS"

Key numbers for Smith’s North: Smith’s North gained 241 voters from Constituency 6, Hamilton West, which the United Bermuda Party’s Wayne Furbert won in the last two general elections. Constituency 10 also lost 258 Loyal Hill and North Ridge Crescent...
Dec 05, 2012
Politics

"OBA leader ends press conference abruptly"

One Bermuda Alliance leader Craig Cannonier abruptly ended a press conference yesterday and refused to entertain questions about the controversial consultant’s report to the United Bermuda Party. The Royal Gazette raised the issue at a media event to...
Dec 04, 2012
Opinion Writer

"The courage to choose ‘win-win’"

‘Life of Pi’ is a beautifully filmed fantasy adventure offering an allegory of the Story of Bermuda. Both accounts include storms. On December 2, 1977 our island experienced its most drastic emotional storm. The two stories point up that while confli...
Dec 04, 2012
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