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Most amateur athletes who took part in the Bermuda Marathon Weekend on Friday, Saturday and Sunday were finally able to relax last night, no doubt relieved that, with medals in hand and muscles aching, the months of rigorous training sessions and str...
DATE: Jan 20, 2014
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Shawn Crockwell has rubbished Opposition concerns that civil servants working for the Department of Tourism could be out of a job when a new, non-governmental body takes over the running of the industry.
The newly formed Bermuda Tourism Authority is ...
DATE: Jan 17, 2014
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A pressure group calling for the abolition of conscription has put forward a three-point plan to enable the Bermuda Regiment to transfer to a volunteer fighting force.
Larry Marshall, who heads up Bermudians Against the Draft, said it was essential f...
DATE: Jan 17, 2014
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A juvenile cleared of a murder charge was later incarcerated for more than two years — after pleading guilty to dodging a $32 taxi fare.
And one child advocacy group is now questioning whether Gary Hollis was treated harshly by the courts for the min...
DATE: Jan 16, 2014
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Court
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Gareth Finighan
A Hamilton Parish man will have to wait for the findings of a pathologist’s report to discover if he is to be charged with murder.
Vincent Outerbridge, 40, was convicted last November of wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm in an attack on...
DATE: Jan 16, 2014
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Craig Cannonier is calling for closer collaboration between Bermuda and other British Overseas Territories in order to “pursue matters of mutual interest”.
The Premier spoke yesterday following a meeting in Tortola, British Virgin Islands, with BVI P...
DATE: Jan 15, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
Government has made no decision on the possibility of introducing commercial immigration to the Island, Michael Fahy, the Minister for Home Affairs, has insisted.
At a public meeting last night, Mr Fahy said Government wanted to open up a dialogue wi...
DATE: Jan 15, 2014
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Staff who were sacked from a health clinic claim officials are dragging their feet over a probe into alleged intimidation at their former workplace.
Government’s Workforce Development Department began the inquiry last summer after two staff were dism...
DATE: Jan 14, 2014
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Casinos will operate within existing or new hotels rather than as stand alone facilities in order to “enhance our tourism infrastructure”, according to Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell
And training programmes will be provided to give Bermudians “a j...
DATE: Jan 10, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
A pressure group has called on Bermudians to “rise to the occasion” in defence of democracy by signing a petition in support of a referendum on gaming.
At a press conference outside the House of Assembly this morning, the four members of the group — ...
DATE: Jan 10, 2014
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