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A moderate drop in the number of Government employees was reported to the House of Assembly by Premier Michael Dunkley, with a concurrent drop in wages and overtime expenditure.
Responding to Parliamentary questions from the Progressive Labour Party’...
DATE: Nov 15, 2014
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
The One Bermuda Alliance went public with its protest against an alleged verbal attack that Marc Bean made against Toni Daniels, with a premeditated walkout as soon as the Opposition Leader began the Reply to the Throne Speech at the reconvening of P...
DATE: Nov 15, 2014
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“Radical education reform” would be a swift priority of a Progressive Labour Party Government, Opposition Leader Marc Bean declared in the Reply to the Throne Speech.
Economic diversification, plus an opening of Bermuda’s health insurance market to c...
DATE: Nov 15, 2014
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Crime
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Jonathan Bell
Stanley Paris, the determined sailor hoping to become the oldest person to circumnavigate the globe in 150 years, is passing by Bermuda today on his vessel the Kiwi Spirit.
Dr Paris, 77, called off his last attempt in January after he suffered severa...
DATE: Nov 15, 2014
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The Progressive Labour Party’s Jamahl Simmons said he had not planned to run for Parliament in Sandys South, but constituents called on him to put his name forward.
Unemployment, Mr Simmons said, is “the biggest issue, bar none” — along with a growin...
DATE: Nov 14, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Courting air arrivals is the top priority for the Bermuda Tourism Authority, with air visitor numbers down almost four percent for the year to date.
Marketing the Bermuda experience by encouraging online pictures and videos is part of the organisatio...
DATE: Nov 14, 2014
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Fixing up White Hill Field is among the initiatives proposed by prospective Sandys South MP Georgia Marshall, who said she’d been well received by residents during her canvassing.
The One Bermuda Alliance hopeful is running against the Progressive La...
DATE: Nov 14, 2014
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
The number of Bermudians seeking help from financial assistance has increased, according to Community Minister Wayne Scott.
Meanwhile, the Minister noted that 41 people had their assistance revoked in the first nine months of this year owing to stric...
DATE: Nov 14, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Grand Atlantic could begin conversion into a condo hotel in early 2015, Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin told the House of Assembly this morning.
Giving an update on the project, Ms Gordon-Pamplin said developers MacLellan and Associate...
DATE: Nov 14, 2014
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Blacksmith, entrepreneur and pillar of the community Alpheaus “Artie” Black, who forged a family business that remains in operation today, has died at the age of 89.
Mr Black, who was awarded a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2005 Qu...
DATE: Nov 13, 2014
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