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For decades, her name was synonymous with the Progressive Labour Party.
The daughter of Eugene Cox, a leading MP from the 1970s, Ms Cox was at the heart of PLP politics from a young age, rising through the ministerial ranks to what many regarded as h...
DATE: Jun 28, 2017
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Three out of four voters believe the business community is not sacrificing enough during the economic crisis.
According to a poll by Mindmaps, 76 percent of people do not think business is “doing all it can to share sacrifices” in the recession.
Just...
DATE: Dec 02, 2013
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Politics
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Tim Smith
Finance Minister Bob Richards today announced plans to raise the debt ceiling to $2.5 billion — up from $1.45 billion — as he painted a grim picture of Bermuda’s finances with his first Budget Statement.
Mr Richards projected a “staggering” $331 mill...
DATE: Feb 22, 2013
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Politics
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Tim Smith
An ambitious legislative agenda was laid out yesterday as Governor George Fergusson read the first One Bermuda Alliance Government Throne Speech.
Pledges focused on tackling violent crime and rebuilding the economy.
“A key principle embedded in this ...
DATE: Feb 09, 2013
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Politics
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Tim Smith
More police tackling gun crime and the help of the private sector to turn around Bermuda’s financial woes were key planks in the One Bermuda Alliance’s first Throne Speech today.
A ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation and age was also pl...
DATE: Feb 08, 2013
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Politics
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Tim Smith
Bermuda’s parents are desperate for Government’s Job Corps programme to help put their children on the right path, Economy Minister Patrice Minors told a meeting last night.
Mrs Minors said the initiative — designed to give young people the skills to...
DATE: Nov 21, 2012
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Community activist Jonathan Starling is to run as an independent candidate for Pembroke South West at next month’s general election.
Mr Starling, a former Progressive Labour Party member, accuses the two main parties of ignoring the real issues and s...
DATE: Nov 14, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Former Attorney General Phil Perinchief is today quitting the Progressive Labour Party to run as an Independent in the general election.
Mr Perinchief, 68, a PLP Cabinet Minister in 2006 and 2007, will take on Junior Finance Minister David Burt and t...
DATE: Nov 09, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Seniors struggling to pay their medical fees, anti-conscription campaigners and pro-human rights groups were among the winners of Government’s Throne Speech delivered today.
The speech — the Progressive Labour Party’s final Throne Speech before the n...
DATE: Nov 02, 2012
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Tim Smith
Friends and family yesterday paid tribute to Bermuda Zoological Society’s educational boat captain Tim Hasselbring, who has died from cancer aged 38.
Mr Hasselbring, an environmentalist and entrepreneur, was known for his infectious enthusiasm for ma...
DATE: Sep 28, 2012
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