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The creation of a Tourism Authority and the establishment of an independent Contractor General were among the One Bermuda Alliance goals declared as the Opposition presented new election candidates Peter Barrett and Pat Gordon-Pamplin.
They were intr...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The results are in for Keep Bermuda Beautiful’s 2011 Community Clean-up.
A whopping 35.5 tons of trash were collected from the Island’s roadsides, shorelines and railway trails, with 64 KBB-supported clean-ups targeting 134 locations.
KBB projects go...
DATE: Feb 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Murder accused Derek Spalding could face a jury’s verdict today, following closing arguments depicting him as a criminal who sought to use maritime experience as a means of smuggling drugs into Bermuda.
Prosecutor Carrington Mahoney told the court th...
DATE: Feb 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Southampton man was left stunned after being told he was “learning challenged” and could not join a job programme aimed at recruiting local workers.
“It wreaks havoc on your self-confidence,” said applicant Eugene DeRosa, who is questioning why he ...
DATE: Feb 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police are investigating a crash in which two men were hurt after a van flipped on its side on Berry Hill Road, Paget.
The 9.20am incident on Monday happened after the van struck a wall, police said.
The driver, a 33-year-old Pembroke man, and his 27...
DATE: Feb 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two brothers have appeared together in Magistrates’ Court, accused of breaking into a Paget home.
Kawesi Wilson, 37, and Ronald Wilson, 39, both of Sandys, denied the February 1 charge of entering a Berry Hill Road residence as trespassers intending ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government pensions cannot withstand a freeze in contributions proposed to workers as part of a Government deal for pay cuts.
That is the assertion of Chamber of Commerce economics committee head Peter Everson, who called the pension fund “hopelessly...
DATE: Feb 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s popularity with golfers is being marketed by the Department of Tourism, with an incentive for visitors to get in a couple of free rounds.
The ‘Tee for Free’ deal offers two free rounds of golf plus $100 credit at any of eight local spas. Th...
DATE: Feb 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Reggae lyrics detailing gun vengeance and bullets to the head were described before a jury in the ongoing trial of murder accused Derek Spalding, as Westgate inmate Kirk Mundy took the stand.
Prosecutors have alleged that Mr Spalding penned lyrics de...
DATE: Feb 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A former police officer who claims he was discriminated against because of his perceived obesity, may see his case go before a Human Rights tribunal.
Ian DeAlie took the Commissioner of Police to court following his transfer from the Bermuda Police S...
DATE: Feb 07, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
