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Three former crew members of the casino ship Niobe Corinthian will receive more than $40,000 in unpaid wages following the sale of the ship at auction.
The men, from Honduras, brought a civil case against the vessel’s owners Estrellas Management Ltd ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda Archives director Karla Hayward is still on the public payroll after more than five months on administrative leave.
But Government Estates Minister Michael Scott and his permanent secretary Robert Horton are refusing to say whether she remain...
DATE: Mar 08, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda will play a critical role in helping NASA go further in space with a new tracking station at Cooper’s Island.
The US space agency has set up a temporary mobile unit at the nature reserve in St David’s which will monitor rockets as they travel...
DATE: Mar 08, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Freedom of information campaigner Heather Brooke will be one of the guest speakers at a forum on the public’s right to know later this month.
The Centre for Justice is hosting the session at the Centennial Hall at St Paul AME Church on Court Street i...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
This year’s police budget of more than $68 million won’t be enough to get the service up to full strength, Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards complained yesterday.
In his reply to the Budget, the One Bermuda Alliance MP said the Island’s gang probl...
DATE: Mar 05, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Opposition would abolish the role of “amateur” Tourism Minister, encourage foreign capital for waterfront development, hold a referendum on casinos and implement a short-term marketing strategy to revive the second pillar of the economy.
Shadow F...
DATE: Mar 03, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Opposition yesterday renewed its call for an independent standards board for schools, as it accused Government of squandering the chance to radically improve public education.
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards, in his reply to the Budget, said...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Government is still in the early stages of looking into taking control of Bermuda’s commercial airspace, according to Transport Minister Derrick Burgess.
He told a press conference yesterday that everything had a planning stage and the idea was prese...
DATE: Mar 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The founders of a new patients’ group have had what they described as a “positive meeting” with bosses at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Mark Selley and Allan DeSilva met yesterday morning with Bermuda Hospitals Board chief executive officer Davi...
DATE: Mar 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Pharmacist Kiran Shah is convinced he choose the right career for himself and now he hopes to give young Bermudians a helping hand down the same path.
Father-of-two Mr Shah and his wife Lauren have launched a $4,000 annual scholarship for local stude...
DATE: Mar 01, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
