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Worried Government workers left their Hamilton office block after it started to shake yesterday morning.
The tremors were caused by a faulty air conditioning unit on the fourth floor of Global House on Church Street.
One employee said: “The building ...
DATE: Jul 04, 2014
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A total of nine prisoners offered parole turned it down, the latest set of figures for the Parole Board have revealed.
And out of a total of 156 cases, according to parole board members, only 34 were allowed out of prison before they had served their...
DATE: Jul 04, 2014
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Debt collection agencies “bend over backwards” to avoid people being jailed, a barrister said yesterday.
Christopher Swan, who is also a director of a debt agency, said he had acted for both creditors and debtors in the courts, and that the system wa...
DATE: Jul 03, 2014
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A PLP senator has called for Government to move straight to legalisation of cannabis.
Marc Daniels said: “My personal position is we have full cannabis reform and I believe cannabis should be legalised.”
And he said legalisation would mean an end to ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2014
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A pensions freeze will not affect social insurance pensions, the Ministry of Finance said yesterday.
A Ministry spokesman explained that a new Bill aimed at axeing regular cost of living increases would apply only to the pension funds for civil serva...
DATE: Jul 02, 2014
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A visit by a top Nigerian cardinal to back the upcoming Conference of Mayors in Hamilton has been cancelled.
Cardinal Francis Arinze was on his way to the airport in the US to fly to Bermuda, yesterday, when he was called home to help deal with viole...
DATE: Jul 01, 2014
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More than 25 groups yesterday backed the official commemoration of the 55th anniversary of the Theatre Boycott that laid the ground for modern Bermuda.
Lisa Reed, executive officer of the Human Rights Commission, delivered a proclamation marking the ...
DATE: Jul 01, 2014
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A special conference is to be held next month to mark the 180th anniversary of the abolition of slavery in Bermuda.
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley will be the keynote speaker at the event, which will also examine the development of human rights since the ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2014
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The web feed of the House of Assembly crashed after a rush of people tuned in to hear a bizarre row sparked by Opposition Leader Marc Bean.
House of Assembly Speaker Randy Horton said: “Our server was overwhelmed as a result of significant increased ...
DATE: Jun 23, 2014
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A bid to have former West Ham star Clyde Best awarded with a knighthood has been backed by former Government Minister Quinton Edness.
And Mr Edness appealed to Governor George Fergusson to help one of the Island’s most successful sportsmen achieve th...
DATE: Jun 23, 2014
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