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An anti-racism group wants to see better statistics collected and reported in Bermuda to help tackle the Island’s ills.
Lynne Winfield, president of Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB), says current, concrete information on poverty, crime, ed...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s “soaring debt” has accumulated thanks to “pork barrel politics”, according to Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards.
He told the House of Assembly on Friday the Island had hundreds of millions of dollars worth of public debt because of huge ...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
One Bermuda Alliance chairman Michael Fahy pledged yesterday to keep putting pressure on Bermuda Industrial Union to produce more than a decade’s worth of missing financial statements.
Mr Fahy claimed the union had broken the law by not allowing its ...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Former Premier Sir David Gibbons has told a Caribbean news magazine that Bermuda’s Government is “simply not competent” and that the Island’s reinsurance industry is “very healthy”.
In an interview published on Friday in Caribbean Journal, the former...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A Canadian lawyer who defrauded the Government by pretending to have Bermudian roots is reported to be opposing attempts to disbar him in Ontario.
The Law Society of Upper Canada wants to revoke Robert Martyn's practising licence in the province, acc...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition MPs urged Government to rethink a $250 charge for every yacht passenger or crew member who wants to stay in Bermuda longer than three weeks.
Yachts can now dock here for up to three months as opposed to just 21 days but must pay the fee fo...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A family man held in the “highest regard” in the community was jailed for 18 months yesterday for operating a secret cannabis farm in his basement.
John Aguiar, 45, pleaded guilty at Magistrates' Court to possessing cannabis with intent to supply and...
DATE: Jun 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A father-of-two who punched a man unconscious in a bar, splitting his head open and causing him to lose two teeth, walked free from court yesterday.
Richard Brown, 36, hugged his tearful wife after receiving a six-month conditional discharge for ass...
DATE: Jun 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
One of the world’s top whale photographers is coming to Bermuda to give a lecture and host two workshops.
National Geographic contributor Flip Nicklin will deliver his one-hour presentation “Among Giants: A Life with Whales” at BUEI at 7pm next Monda...
DATE: Jun 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Shadow Seniors and Social Services Minister Louise Jackson has criticised Government for a delay in delivering Financial Assistance cheques to those in need this month.
The Department admitted yesterday it had experienced problems with payments and p...
DATE: Jun 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
