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Few of today’s cruise ships are the right size to access the Hamilton and St George’s with even fewer available to serve the local market, Transport Minister Terry Lister said.
As Government prepares to open a study on Bermuda’s shipping channels for...
DATE: Oct 11, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
One Bermuda Alliance leader Craig Cannonier said he’s unfazed by former United Bermuda Party deputy chair David Sullivan throwing his hat in the ring for the Devonshire South Central by-election.
Mr Sullivan is to run as an Independent in Constituenc...
DATE: Oct 06, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Regiment will have one of the lowest numbers of recruits in recent memory this year: 80, exactly half last year’s number.
Budgeted wages for Bermuda’s defence forces were cut from $2.9 million to $1.7 million in the current Budget.
“It’s ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda stands to play a central role in defining the future relationship between the UK and its overseas territories, according to Overseas Territories Minister Henry Bellingham.
In a speech before a packed hall at the Bermuda College, Mr Bellingham...
DATE: Sep 27, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Overseas Territories Minister Henry Bellingham began his visit to the Island with a tour by sea of Bermuda’s maritime policing and port security, just hours after his arrival.
Aside from learning how marine police work with the Bermuda Regiment, the ...
DATE: Sep 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The standing for PLP MP Neletha Butterfield remained in doubt last night after a constituency vote in Pembroke West Central proved the tightest so far in the party’s primaries.
The first count produced an unprecedented 35-35 tie between the incumbent...
DATE: Sep 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A job centre for out-of-work Bermudians is to be formed from the amalgamation of the Department of Labour and Training and the National Training Board.
Economy and Trade Minister Kim Wilson said the two bodies would merge “in the near future”, after ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Health Minister Zane DeSilva and Deputy Speaker Randy Horton won key victories at Progressive Labour Party branch elections last night.
But Bermuda’s longest serving MP, Speaker Stanley Lowe, appears to have called time on his political career after ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s spending on healthcare could rocket to $1.5 billion by the year 2020, according to a report made public yesterday by the Bermuda Health Council.
Figures revealed in the BHeC’s National Health Accounts Report 2011 show that the Island spent ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Plans for sweeping reforms to Bermuda’s healthcare system fail to consider its economic impact, according to the Bermuda Employers’ Council.
BEC executive director Martin Law said he is still waiting for a response to his concerns from the Ministry o...
DATE: Aug 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
