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Food prices are set to be reduced under a radical new Government initiative which will provide relief to thousands of households in Bermuda.
The Royal Gazette understands that Government has worked out an agreement to reduce grocery prices after work...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The new Tourism Authority could be self-funding within two years, saving Government millions of dollars.
The organisation, which should be up and running by next March, will take over the management of the industry from Government’s Department of Tou...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Community Minister Wayne Scott says Government is tackling the Island’s social ills with initiatives that “lay the groundwork for Bermudians to earn a better life”.
And he told a Sandys Rotary Club meeting last night that the administration had “iden...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Members of the public are invited to attend the opening of Parliament which takes place on the lawn of the Cabinet Office tomorrow.
Premier Craig Cannonier and other Members of Parliament will gather to hear Governor George Fergusson deliver the Spee...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The One Bermuda Alliance has produced a 54-point summary of its achievements since it became the Government after winning last December’s general election.
In a full-page paid advertisement on Page 3 of today’s Royal Gazette, the party says it has la...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government’s Department of Communication and Information director has retired just days after being recalled from Washington.
Beverle Lottimore, 62, was appointed head of the department in 2003.
She was also the press secretary for former Premiers Al...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The One Bermuda Alliance must take responsibility for the controversial decision to shut down a healthcare centre — because members of the ruling party sit on the Bermuda Hospitals Board, it is claimed.
The BHB announced the shutdown of the Lamb Fogg...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Motorists hoping to licence vehicles online have been left frustrated after the Transport Control Department’s website was hit by a technical glitch
According to a Government spokesman, the service crashed after a cable was cut, resulting in the int...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A sex attacker jailed for 16 years has had his sentence reduced by the Court of Appeal.
Jamaican Brittonie Taylor, 31, assaulted a guest worker as she waited at a bus stop on South Shore in Smith’s on the morning of May 28, 2011.
He pleaded guilty to...
DATE: Nov 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Opposition leader Marc Bean is being sued by Deputy Premier Michael Dunkley over comments made during a Facebook discussion.
The website debate took place on September 30 after Mr Dunkley tabled a motion in the House of Assembly recommending that a j...
DATE: Nov 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan