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The Progressive Labour Party attacked a government defamation suit against Jason Hayward, adding that it is wrong to use public funds for a private matter.
The PLP also questioned this afternoon why neither the Auditor-General nor Governor George Fer...
DATE: Sep 04, 2015
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Campaign group Take Back Our Parks celebrated yesterday the blocking of a controversial construction project at the Botanical Gardens.
The Bermuda Government had sought to erect a new maintenance yard at the site, replacing one that was damaged by Hu...
DATE: Sep 03, 2015
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Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy remains confident that the One Bermuda Alliance will create the promised new 2,000 jobs before the next election.
However, he denied the suggestion that the jobs would only be short-term positions created through th...
DATE: Sep 03, 2015
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A Pembroke man was this morning convicted of violently resisting arrest in Dockyard.
The court heard that on August 5, police on duty at Dockyard received a report of a man harassing a female tourist on Dockyard’s North Arm.
When officers arrived on ...
DATE: Sep 03, 2015
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Michael Fahy said that despite issues with the Corporation of Hamilton, he does not regret allowing them to use Par-la-Ville car park to guarantee an $18 million loan which later defaulted.
While the Minister for Home Affairs noted the default had le...
DATE: Sep 02, 2015
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Construction of a maintenance yard at the Botanical Gardens has been halted by an interim injunction from the Supreme Court.
The injunction came as a result of a legal action between the Minister of Public Works and two people who live near the works...
DATE: Sep 02, 2015
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The introduction of absentee ballots for students is still on the cards, according to Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy.
Speaking earlier this week, Sen Fahy said the ministry remains hard at work on reforming the Parliamentary Election Act.
“We hav...
DATE: Sep 02, 2015
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A Paget man appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning charged with possessing cannabis and rifle magazines.
Jason DeCouto, 35, pleaded not guilty to a charge of possessing cannabis with intent to supply in an incident in Paget on April 6. He also d...
DATE: Sep 02, 2015
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Michael Dunkley has been in talks with Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit in the wake of the devastation of Tropical Storm Erika, urging the public to assist if they can.
The Premier said in a statement: “We must always help when and where we ...
DATE: Sep 02, 2015
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A trio of defendants were this morning charged in Magistrates’ Court with possessing cocaine with intent to supply.
Daymon Simmons, 40, and Erica Young, 37, both from Sandys, were both charged possessing cocaine and cannabis with intent to supply whi...
DATE: Sep 02, 2015
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