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A living-wage policy is on the cards as the new Progressive Labour Party government outlined its plans for its first year in power.
The Governor, John Rankin, who delivered the Throne Speech to mark the start of Parliament yesterday, said: “To ensure...
DATE: Sep 08, 2017
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A drive to buy a high-tech, motorised wheelchair for a shooting victim left paralysed has been launched.
Friends of Ralph Burrows, who was paralysed from the chest down after being mistaken for someone else and shot, decided to launch an appeal to ra...
DATE: Oct 22, 2015
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Merger-mania in the international business sector could cost jobs in Bermuda, Finance Minister Bob Richards warned yesterday.
Mr Richards said that companies in the field remained strong, but that spending by international business on the Island had ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2015
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The last battles fought between Britain and America had their origins in Bermuda 200 years ago this month.
A massive fleet under the command of Vice-Admiral Alexander Cochrane left the island in August 1814 headed for Chesapeake Bay to crack down on ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2014
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PLP leader Marc Bean has called for the UK to dissolve Bermuda’s Parliament and call an election.
Mr Bean said Britain should act following a refusal by Governor George Fergusson to back a House of Assembly bid for an inquiry into historic allegation...
DATE: Jul 17, 2014
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The life of a Bermudian who played a key role in the American Revolution was at the weekend marked in a special ceremony in the United States capital.
Thomas Tudor Tucker, who served in the Continental Army and became only the third US treasurer, ser...
DATE: Jun 03, 2014
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Bermuda would be likely to reject new options for more self-determination short of Independence, Telecommunications Minister Renee Webb said yesterday.
And she said any changes -- like "free association'' or the UN's "Fourth Option'', both more hands...
DATE: May 20, 2000
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Spare cash left in Government coffers at the end of the financial year should be carried over to avoid last-minute spending sprees to use up budgets, according to top UK Civil Service experts.
They said allowing money earmarked for Government service...
DATE: Jan 18, 2000
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regulation in Bermuda and the other UK overseas territories, it was revealed yesterday.
And the examination of the Island's financial health is expected to be completed by summer next year.
Foreign Office junior Minister Baroness Scotland said: "The ...
DATE: Dec 16, 1999
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of the House of Assembly.
And the Opposition United Bermuda Party is gearing up for a major attack on the ruling Progressive Labour Party's record of controlling the public purse.
The clash is brewing over the near $5 million third supplementary esti...
DATE: Dec 10, 1999
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