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Remembrance Day was observed with solemnity and silence, on the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War whose 1918 armistice led to the consecration of November 11.
Hundreds of people, including the Island’s remaining veterans from t...
DATE: Nov 12, 2014
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Thunderstorms delivered a shock to Port Royal Golf Course’s Alex Madeiros when he got a jolt down a phone line during Friday’s bad weather.
As electrical storms rumbled across the Island Mr Madeiros, who is director of golf at Port Royal, picked up t...
DATE: Nov 10, 2014
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Bermuda’s “new airport” has been signed into being with a redevelopment agreement between Government and the Canadian Commercial Corporation, Finance Minister Bob Richards announced this morning.
The Island will get a roughly new $200 million termina...
DATE: Nov 10, 2014
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Police have confirmed that they are looking into a complaint stemming from “an incident” outside the polling station in the Sandys South constituency last Thursday.
Confirmation came shortly after One Bermuda Alliance chairwoman Lynne Woolridge accus...
DATE: Nov 10, 2014
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Groundbreaking for hotel redevelopment at Ariel Sands — plus a pledge for “open and inclusive” government — were among the topics in a post-Throne Speech press conference by Michael Dunkley and his Cabinet this afternoon.
The Premier said there was ...
DATE: Nov 10, 2014
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Government has responded to parents’ calls to be afforded great involvement in education reforms, according to the latest Throne Speech, which promised to give them a Parental Involvement Committee.
The speech said public school staff would move forw...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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Employers who do not fulfil their legal obligation to provide health insurance cover for their staff will end up being named online, under steps pledged in yesterday’s Throne Speech.
Economic troubles might leave employers tempted to cut corners, Gov...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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A Government pledge to offer mediation to parents involved in custody or access disputes should come as welcome news for the Coalition for the Protection of Children.
Earlier this week, the organisation’s founder, Sheelagh Cooper, reflected that the ...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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“Balanced and appropriate for the times we are living in” was the verdict yesterday for the Throne Speech, from the Bermuda Public Services Union.
After an uncompromising standoff from unions over the threat of civil service outsourcing, the appraisa...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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The latest Throne Speech offered little beyond “maintenance of the status quo”, according to Progressive Labour Party head Marc Bean, who said the One Bermuda Alliance had failed to include ordinary citizens in its agenda.
Speaking with The Royal Gaz...
DATE: Nov 08, 2014
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