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Opposition leader Marc Bean claims the Progressive Labour Party is “stronger, more unified and more focused” since its election defeat ten months ago.
Speaking on the eve of the party’s annual conference, Mr Bean said that after 50 years of fighting ...
DATE: Oct 22, 2013
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A public appeal that raised thousands of dollars in just two days has failed to stop a popular nightclub from closing its doors.
Musician Wendell 'Shine' Hayward was presented with a cheque for more than $13,000 raised in a radio appeal last week aft...
DATE: Oct 21, 2013
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Shadow Finance Minister David Burt is at the centre of a probe into the illegal sale of bootleg bottles of rum swizzle on the internet.
BurtBliss Swizzle was being sold on the website swizzle.bm up until Monday morning.
It is understood the business ...
DATE: Jul 31, 2013
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Former Turks and Caicos Premier Michael Misick could implicate senior Bermuda politicians in a web of high-level corruption and criminal activity as part of a plea-bargaining arrangement, it has been claimed.
Misick was head of the British Overseas T...
DATE: Jul 31, 2013
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The commission set up to examine ways in which Government can slash costs claims that pension and healthcare costs are “unsustainable in their current form”.
The Savings and Government Efficiency Commission also claims there is “a lack of accountabil...
DATE: Jul 30, 2013
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Police have seized nine guns linked to a slew of firearms offences this year.
And that statistic shows that a gun bounty initiative introduced in May has “delivered results”, according to Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley.
In a statement deliver...
DATE: Jul 27, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
The former Government was advised by its own lawyers that the sacking of an architect from a public works project was not justified and represented a breach of contract, it has been revealed.
And Attorney General Mark Pettingill has accused Oppositio...
DATE: Jul 27, 2013
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Politics
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Gareth Finighan
Frustrated taxi drivers are urging Government to speed up changes to regulations that govern the industry.
And the head of the Bermuda Taxi Owners/Operators Association has said a failure to implement new rules before the House of Assembly adjourned ...
DATE: Jul 27, 2013
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A Bermudian man has been jailed for six years in the UK after stabbing his girlfriend twice in the neck.
John Richardson, 56, pleaded guilty to stabbing his partner during a row which erupted while the couple ate dinner.
Stoke-on-Trent Crown Court he...
DATE: Jul 26, 2013
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Police chiefs unlawfully discriminated against a UK officer when they promoted Bermudian colleagues ahead of him — even though some had scored lower marks in their Sergeant exams.
And when the officer filed an internal complaint against that decision...
DATE: Jul 26, 2013
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