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Shining examples of young people helping each other to be the best were commended by Community Minister Wayne Scott at the Young Citizens Awards Ceremony yesterday.
The eleventh annual event, offered by the Department of Child and Family Services, ce...
DATE: Nov 21, 2014
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Criticism of Government as “uncaring” drew a hard-hitting response from Senator Michael Fahy as the Upper House debated the Throne Speech.
Taking “great umbrage” at the accusation that the One Bermuda Alliance neglected Bermudian jobs, Sen Fahy said ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2014
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Government’s choice of the Canadian Commercial Corporation for a new airport terminal was defended in yesterday’s House of Assembly against Opposition charges that the CCC was not a reputable organisation.
Bob Richards, the Finance Minister, repeated...
DATE: Nov 21, 2014
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A report by the Auditor General that faulted the multimillion-dollar refurbishment of the Port Royal Golf Course will go before the Public Accounts Committee for discussion.
The move was announced this morning by Speaker of the House Randy Horton,
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DATE: Nov 21, 2014
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Online tutors are now available to local students, or anyone with a library card and internet access.
Wayne Scott, the Minister of Community and Culture, announced the launch of Tutor.com, which will allow users to link up with an expert tutor for a...
DATE: Nov 21, 2014
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A deal is in the works to set up “power purchase agreements” between Belco and owners of solar power.
Residential solar owners would be eligible, along with commercial power providers.
The firm Gowling Lafluer Henderson has been contracted by the Dep...
DATE: Nov 21, 2014
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Post-hurricane repairs on Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin’s house cost $765, but the bill was “settled in full”, the Senate was told.
Ms Gordon-Pamplin drew Opposition criticism after Public Works teams were seen fixing her storm-damage...
DATE: Nov 20, 2014
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Firearms could easily have been smuggled into the Island’s jails, according to a review of prison facilities by the Treatment of Offenders Board.
However, according to Lt Col Edward Lamb, the Commissioner of Corrections, such concerns are well known ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2014
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Bermuda’s new airport terminal would include maximum shopping and restaurant options — as well as jetways at eight gates to protect passengers from the elements.
Aaron Adderley, head of the Department of Airport Operations, told The Royal Gazette tha...
DATE: Nov 20, 2014
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One of the world’s best known crime writers, the US author and avid diver Patricia Cornwell, has extolled the Island’s water in today’s Telegraph.
“Bermuda is the most interesting place I’ve dived,” Ms Cornwell told the UK newspaper. “I started divin...
DATE: Nov 20, 2014
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