239 results returned for search: "" category "News" author Rebecca Zuill
In a campaign that is becoming increasingly rancorous, the One Bermuda Alliance threw up the spectre of another 1,000 jobs lost by mid 2013 and 50 percent unemployment for 2015 and said the Progressive Labour Party “have turned a blind eye” to unempl...
DATE: Nov 20, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A “curious” case resulted in Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner acquitting Deborah Smith of charges of using a hand-held device while driving a vehicle.
Ms Smith, a Pembroke resident,was stopped by Police near the Shelly Bay MarketPlace after one of...
DATE: Nov 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A man whose anger “about Jamaicans coming into his country” spilled into a violent altercation, and brought a 22-year-old man who was already on probation into Magistrate’s Court yesterday.
Kenneth Leverock, who supported in court by his mother and f...
DATE: Nov 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A third of the Bermuda Mechanical Supply Company warehouse was destroyed on Saturday afternoon after a blaze which brought four fire appliances, four support vehicles and 30 personnel to the scene.
The owner of the business, H. Michael King, who is ...
DATE: Nov 19, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Young Bermudians, whose unemployment rate “is approaching a staggering 40 percent” were explicitly impacted by the Computer City closure on Friday, charged One Bermuda Alliance candidate Sylvan Richards, who is the party’s spokesman for the shadow bo...
DATE: Nov 19, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A Bermuda Hotel Association report shows a four percent increase in room bookings last month compared to October 2011.
The number of room nights was recorded at 1,231, according to the PACE report; an assessment that is specifically geared to the ho...
DATE: Nov 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
More than 170 people will be unable to vote in the December 17 poll because they will be away for educational, work or medical reasons, according to a survey conducted by two young activists, Danielle Lightbourn and Kelsey Pichery.
Although the init...
DATE: Nov 19, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Karla Hayward is no longer the Archives director after more than a year on administrative leave at a salary, which is believed to be in the region of about $120,000 annually.
Donald Scott, Cabinet secretary, responding to e-mailed questions about Ms...
DATE: Nov 19, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
The Bishop of London Richard Chartres, currently in Bermuda at Queen Elizabeth II’s request, delivered a letter from the Queen to Governor George Fergusson while at St Peter’s Their Majesties Chappell yesterday morning for a special service celebrati...
DATE: Nov 19, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
A Job Corps meeting at Bethel AME Church in Hamilton Parish last night attracted an audience of four, two of whom arrived well after the presentation had begun, despite a heavyweight Government contingent consisting of Economy Minister Patrice Minors...
DATE: Nov 17, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
