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Seniors cannot be exempted from paying vehicle licence fees due to financial hardship, according to Attorney General Mark Pettingill.
The Minister had previously said that seniors who couldn’t afford the increase could apply under section 62B of the ...
DATE: Mar 27, 2013
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The Bermuda Public Service Union has called on Government to include the trade unions in on work with the SAGE Commission.
Kevin Grant, President of the BPSU, said yesterday: “There is no time for any heroics. We must work together and engage the val...
DATE: Mar 27, 2013
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Shadow Minister of Public Works, Derrick Burgess, has accused the One Bermuda Alliance Government of bypassing unemployed, qualified Bermudians in favour of foreign workers.
However Government responded that more than three quarters of those working ...
DATE: Mar 27, 2013
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Politics
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Six young Bermudians are set to leave the Island today for training, with $200,000 of support from the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Jabari Hollis, Tyree Armstrong, Tyron Oswald, Stefan Lambert, Davin Clarke-Riley and Summer McGlynn will be travelling to...
DATE: Mar 26, 2013
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Opposition senators yesterday said they were disheartened by budget cuts affecting the Island’s rest homes.
Progressive Labour Party Senator Renee Ming said yesterday that while the One Bermuda Alliance repeatedly criticised the condition of Lefroy H...
DATE: Mar 26, 2013
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Police are seeking the public’s help in investigating a hit-and-run collision that caused minor injuries.
A Police spokesman said yesterday that at around 2pm on Friday, officers responded to a two-vehicle collision at the junction of Court Street an...
DATE: Mar 26, 2013
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Crime
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda has been placed in the lowest risk category for money laundering and terrorist financing in a recent US report.
The 2013 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report expressed no concerns about the Island after reviewing Bermuda’s legislat...
DATE: Mar 26, 2013
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The Adult Library on Queen Street will have new hours of operation as of April 1.
The Ministry of Education announced yesterday that, starting on Monday, the library will remain open 8.30am to 6pm on Monday through Thursday and 10am to 5pm on Friday....
DATE: Mar 26, 2013
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Between 8.30pm and 9.30pm, all unnecessary lights will go out, while events marking the occasion take place outside Hamilton's City Hall.
Greenrock President Judith Lansberg said the international event is aimed at demonstrating that everyone can mak...
DATE: Mar 23, 2013
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A barber was yesterday acquitted by a jury of charges that he caused a three-vehicle collision.
Eric Dunkley, 44, was found not guilty of causing bodily harm to taxi driver Christopher Dailey by reckless driving by a majority of ten to two.
The charg...
DATE: Mar 23, 2013
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