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The Corporation of Hamilton is being run by an “inner core” of just three elected officials, according to Ombudsman Arlene Brock.
Although nine councillors were elected on the Team Hamilton ticket, rumours of a split within the group have circulated ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2013
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Public services could be revolutionised under a new system that puts them in the hands of employees who will have a financial stake in their operation.
And Finance Minister Bob Richards said the concept, known as mutualisation, could provide economic...
DATE: Dec 13, 2013
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A group of former Regiment commanders campaigning to keep conscription have been condemned as “misguided former soldiers who have no regard for human rights”.
And the eight ex-servicemen have also come under fire for being “the primary beneficiaries ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2013
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The work of more than 350 budding artists who took part in a student art competition has gone on display at the Bermuda National Gallery.
The theme of this year’s contest was ‘Eyes on Bermuda: My Community, My Bermuda’, and posed the question: ‘When ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2013
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Police have launched an investigation into the death of experienced sailor Steve Cummings, who died on Wednesday morning after his boat sank.
The 66-year-old American had set sail from his home on the west coast of Florida intending to sail across th...
DATE: Dec 13, 2013
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Bermuda’s two biggest unions are willing to work with Government to implement cost-saving measures put forward by the SAGE Commission.
Acknowledging that the Island’s $331 million debt burden is not sustainable — and that Government needs to slash it...
DATE: Dec 13, 2013
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Rampant maladministration at the Corporation of Hamilton has “crept up at every corner in a dazzling, infinite, relentless variety and wilfulness of ways” according to an independent probe into the municipality.
And Ombudsman Arlene Brock has conclud...
DATE: Dec 13, 2013
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Tragic solo sailor Steve Cummings — whose body was washed ashore at Shelly Bay yesterday morning — was an experienced yachtsman who had sailed around the world and had spent his entire life “messing around boats”.
But the veteran skipper had to be to...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Premier Craig Cannonier has reduced the size of his Cabinet from 13 Ministers to just ten in a move that will save the taxpayer around $240,000.
At a press conference yesterday, Mr Cannonier said the changes, which take place with immediate effect, w...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Bermuda’s new Deputy Governor will be officially sworn in at a ceremony at Government House tomorrow.
Career diplomat Ginny Ferson has previously been posted to Mauritius, Luxembourg, South Korea and Pakistan during her more-than 25 years with the Di...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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