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DATE: Jul 07, 2006
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OPPOSITION MP Michael Dunkley says he will donate any increase in his salary to charity.
The United Bermuda Party deputy leader added that he felt "extremely uncomfortable" about the controversial pay increases and that it was "outrageous" that Gover...
DATE: Jun 30, 2006
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THE Bermuda Industrial Union is backing planned pay rises for MPs, claiming that politicians deserve the controversial hikes.
But BIU leader Chris Furbert acknowledged that the increases ? which will see Premier Alex Scott's salary package jump a mas...
DATE: Jun 30, 2006
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Opposition Deputy Leader Michael Dunkley said he understood up to 75 per cent of police officers had less than three years' experience in uniform.
And his claim was backed up by criminal lawyer Mark Pettingill, who suggested that the proportion of in...
DATE: Jun 30, 2006
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SHADOW Tourism Minister David Dodwell has renewed calls for criminals who target visitors to receive stiffer penalties.
And he also believes increased security at the island?s beaches could deter some criminals from opportunistic thefts.
Mr. Dodwell ...
DATE: Jun 28, 2006
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HERBERT Tatem was only 16 when, in July 1939, he completed his first 'boot camp' with the Bermuda Volunteer Rifle Corps. Within weeks Europe was plunged into war and the boy soldier found himself manning a machine gun outpost at St. David's, guarding...
DATE: Jun 23, 2006
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SENATORS could delay debating controversial pay increases for MPs indefinitely, according to the Opposition.
The new pay scales ? which will see Premier Alex Scott annual salary package rise a whopping 80 per cent to $200,000 ? were approved in the H...
DATE: Jun 23, 2006
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And she identified four problem areas she said must be tackled if the welfare of the island's elderly is to be improved ? but said Government showed no sign of facing up to the challenge.
Mrs. Jackson spoke out after her opposite number, Health Minis...
DATE: Jun 16, 2006
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The department was effectively non-operational from the end of last month when Government suddenly ordered it to relocate to smaller offices.
As a result of the 11th-hour move, department staff spent their working days shifting furniture and unpackin...
DATE: Jun 16, 2006
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But scientists added that, while it is still too early to say how large the area wiped out by the accident is, it represents a very small percentage of Bermuda's entire reef system.
A team of two divers spent yesterday exploring the precious underwat...
DATE: Jun 09, 2006
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