OCT 30: Ewart Brown is sworn in at Government House along with his choices for Cabinet. The new Ministry of Social Rehabilitation, to tackle Bermuda’s deepest social ills, is the biggest change while Philip Perinchief replacing Larry Mussenden is the most significant appointment. In the Senate the biggest surprise is the selection of 25-year-old Davida Morris.

NOV 1: Scott Simmons is appointed the Premier’s Press Secretary — a new post.

Also that day fear over a potentially fatal mould forces the closure of CedarBridge Academy.

NOV 4: In his first major occasion as Premier, Ewart Brown delivers the Throne Speech setting out the Government’s legislative plans for the coming year. It promises 100 affordable homes in Ireland Island, a scheme to force employers to take on Bermudian trainees in order to qualify for work permits and Dr. Brown pledges new standards in public education.

NOV 14: Governor Sir John Vereker turns down Premier Brown’s request to hold half of their weekly meetings at the Cabinet building instead of having them all at Government House. Dr. Brown had suggested alternating between locations to “reduce the tension that naturally accompanies our constitutional relationship”.

NOV 19: Rolfe Commissiong is appointed to the role of Consultant to the Premier to review the recent Young Black Male Study and implement programmes to address the problem.

NOV 22: Dr. Brown pledges to boycott Overseas Territories Consultative Council meetings if Governors are still allowed to sit in and says Bermuda will no longer submit recommended names for appointments of Governors.

NOV 23: Despite warnings from former Premier Alex Scott over sweetheart deals, Dr. Brown has vowed the Progressive Labour Party will continue to accept large donations from foreigners — even if it leads to allegations of corruption. And Dr. Brown says Governor Sir John Vereker should “take more of the heat”, over policing and he takes exception to the Governor making “direct contact with civil service”.

NOV 24: Speaking to Bermudian students in London, Dr. Brown said the Island is going to engage in an open, sustained dialogue on race which will be uncomfortable for all. He also says some civil servants are retarding the Government’s programme and should leave.

NOV 26: Dr. Brown is still feeling the love from the public with 53 percent of voters saying they like Bermuda’s new leader. Nearly 17 percent said they didn’t and 29 percent were unsure.

DEC 1: In an explosive speech attacking UBP opponent Grant Gibbons, Dr. Brown uses the term “racist dog” and said comments by Dr. Gibbons had tempted him to cross the floor — but not to vote for the UBP.

DEC 6: Premier Brown confirms the 2007 Grand Slam of Golf is heading to the Mid Ocean Club — an event which will beam Bermuda into millions of American homes plus guarantee exposure across the world.

DEC 7: The Premier tours the $12.5 million Rockaway affordable housing complex for old folk.

DEC 12: Premier Brown holds a Cabinet meeting in Westgate and says: “We want these young men to know that they are not cast away, nor are they forgotten.”

That same day Dr. Brown hosts a dinner for around 80 top civil servants at the Elbow Beach — the pep talk gets the thumbs up from some of those who attend.

DEC 14: Government pledges sponsorship cash as the Dudley Eve Trophy and Dudley Eve Champions Cup, gets a name change to become the Premier’s Dudley Eve Cup Competition. Later that day the Premier, speaking to Sandys Sec students, admits that he is: “Deeply and seriously concerned with some of the trends and performances that I have seen in education,” and he promises major initiatives to tackle the malaise.

DEC 15: In a departure from normal practice Dr. Brown speaks in the House of Assembly about foreign matters when he expresses concern over the overthrowing of the Government of Fiji by military forces. Also that day it emerges the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Hamilton has been granted a special development order.

DEC 23: Chef Anthony Reynolds is escorted off the Island by immigration officers after resigning over alleged comments about putting arsenic in a meal prepared for Premier Ewart Brown.

JAN 12-15: The Premiers Gala weekend brings out jet set film stars Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas as well as US congresswoman Diane Watson, former Washington DC mayor Sharon Pratt and BET founder Bob Johnson.

JAN 26: Dr. Brown says he needs a bodyguard and that he has already taken one abroad. The news sparks accusation’s of empire building as the Premier’s personal staff keeps increasing.

JAN 31: The Premier announces overall tourist visits jumped by almost 25 percent in 2006 — with air arrivals returning to pre-9/11 levels.

FEB 1: Polls show support for the Progressive Labour Party is currently almost double that for the Opposition with 36 percent of people backing the Government compared to just under 19 percent who support the United Bermuda Party.