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Alex Scott in the party's leader-
ship battle last October.
 "Brown's elevation to the


viously been a member of
either political party but it was
important to "become involved


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 Whites ready to run for Bermuda's ruling

 Progressive Labour Party
 IVAN CLIFFORD top post is said by PLP sources instead of sitting back and com-
 to have attracted new members, plaining about issues."
HAMILTON, Bermuda All including whites, drawn by his Addressing the issue of
22 of the governing Progressive reputation for getting things race, she said: "I think it is time
Labour Party (PLP) Members done", the Sun reported. race is put aside. I believe the
of Parliament are black in an The newspaper earlier way forward for all Bermudians
island where 40 percent of the reported that construction com- is to respect each other."
population is white. But the pany boss Zane DeSilva, a close The UBP body blows came
political landscape could friend and golfing buddy of the when Pembroke West MP Jamahl
change considerably in the next premier, who is Simmons, at 35 the youngest
general elections, which is due also tourism member of the House of
by 2008 but widely expected to and transport Assembly, and party Chairwoman
be called this summer. minister, will be Gwyneth Rawlins both resigned in
 Businesswoman Jane a PLP candi- protest against alleged manipula-
Correia, a former commodore date at the next tion and control of the party by
of the Royal Bermuda Yacht polls, while for- the island's white elite.
Club, once a bastion of white mer UBP UBP veteran Maxwell
male supremacy, is the latest Senator Burgess then stuck the knife in
white person to confirm she Brown Wendell Hollis by claiming the party was divid-
wants to run for the PLP, which is now a PLP ed and ailing and called on
has been in power since ending supporter, although he says he party leader, black businessman
30 years of uninterrupted rule has too many commitments to Wayne Furbert, to resign.
by the United Bermuda Party run for Parliament. Both are But Furbert dug his heels
(UBP) in Nov. 1998. white, in, stating: "We are not down
 The bi-weekly Bermuda and out. We expect to win. We
Sun newspaper said 43-year-old 'WHITE FACE' have reached rock bottom, the
Correia's plan to run for the "The newly emerging only way is up."
PLP "will be seen by many as 'white face' of the PLP might The PLP has had only one
symbolic of our island's shifting skew the widely-held belief that white face in Cabinet, Tourism
political power base." the PLP exists solely to serve Minister David Allen, who died
 black interests", the Sun stated. of cancer five years ago. At the
TURMOIL Correia, a friend of Brown, a last election the PLP ran only
 The UBP had 14 MPs, six 60-year-old physician, and his one white candidate hotelier
of them white, elected at the wife Wanda, said she joined the Leopold Kuchler who was
last elections, but has been in PLP after Brown became pre- heavily defeated in the UBP
turmoil in recent weeks follow- mier. Asked by the Sun why she stronghold of Paget West.
ing two high-profile resigna- wanted to run, Correia said: "I The UBP, which in the past
tions and, according to opinion feel it is important to be proac- received virtual blanket support
polls, now trails a distant sec- tive in a community. I believe in from white voters, was finally
ond behind the PLP which has the direction that the PLP is driven from power when the
been given fresh impetus by going." black middle class deserted the
Ewart Brown since he ousted She said she had never pre- party at the 1998 election.


GEORGETOWN, Guyana,
CMC Guyana last month
marked the 37th anniversary
of being a republic, with the
Bharrat Jagdeo government
appealing to the multi-racial
nation to unite in the interest
of accelerating national devel-
opment.
 President Jagdeo, accompa-
nied by senior members of
his Cabinet including Prime
Minister Samuel Hinds;
Culture, Youth and Sport
Minister Dr. Frank Anthony,
as well as the acting Police
Commissioner Henry Greene,
and the Chief of Staff Brigadier
Edward Collins, attended the
flag raising ceremony at
Parliament Buildings in the
capital on Feb. 23.
 Jagdeo took the presiden-
tial salute, inspected the Guard
of Honor, which comprised


GEORGETOWN, Guyana,
CMC A Caribbean communi-
ty (CARICOM) mission that
observed the general elections
in the Turks and Caicos last
month said the results reflected
the will of the electorate, even
while calling for better voter
education programs in the
Overseas British Territory.
 In a preliminary assess-
ment released here, the three-
member team headed by


PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad,
CMC Leader of the governing
People's National Movement
(PNM), Prime Minister Patrick
Manning, has told supporters to
put their houses in order and
await his announcement of gen-
eral elections.
 "As we face the electorate
in a little while, your responsi-
bility as a political party is to
be ready," Manning urged
party faithful, following his
walkabout in the Sangre
Grande area in east Trinidad
late last month.
 Party members have been
touring several parts of the
country as the country waits
on Manning to signal his
intention to go to the polls.
 Sangre Grande now falls
within the ambit of a new con-
stituency of Cumuto-Manzanilla
in one of the five new electoral
boundaries created by the
Elections and Boundaries
Commission. With the changes,
the number of constituencies
has now moved from 36 to 41.

'PAYBACK'
 Manning described the


more than
100 members
of the Joint
Services,
before the
National
Flag was
raised to the
traditional
21-gun
salute. Jagdeo
 Racial
and political polarization have
historically dogged this
Caribbean community (CARI-
COM) country and Human
Services and Social Security
Minister Priya Manickchand, in
a speech to mark the republican
celebration, reminded the popu-
lation that "each Guyanese has
a role to play in the develop-
ment of their country."


Carson Raggie, the chief elec-
tions officer in St. Lucia, noted
that the preparations for the
conduct of the elections were
adequate, "despite concerns
raised about the Voters List in
relation to registration of vot-
ers."
 Premier Michael Misick and
his ruling Progressive National
Party were re-elected to office.
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Manning puts T&T

 on election alert


Guyana celebrates

republican status


Turks re-elects PNP


March 2007


pending general elections as
"payback time" for the 33-3
defeat of the PNM in 1986 by
the National Alliance for
Reconstruction. He said the
party needed to put a "spe-
cial" constitution in place
before calling the elections,
noting that he wanted a spe-
cial majority in Parliament.
 Manning warned support-
ers to not be complacent even
as its main political rival the
United National Congress
(UNC) recovers from frac-
tious political divisions and
leadership squabbles. The
UNC was split last year when
its political leader Winston
Dookeran walked out to start
his own party Congress of
the People. Analysts have
argued that this will benefit
the governing party and lead
it to a return to office in the
elections due this year.
 The PNM was expected to
hold a special general council
earlier this month to discuss
matters relating to both the
local and general elections.
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