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Elated families who won a Government housing lottery in 2005 finally got to celebrate properly at the weekend, when the first completed units at Harbour View Village were officially opened.
Premier Paula Cox and National Security Minister David Burch...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
Less than 100 years ago, scores of black families were forcibly displaced from their homes in Tucker’s Town, on the grounds that the land was needed for tourism.
Yesterday, hundreds of people visited the same site and were asked to consider whether t...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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Bermudians and residents poured through the gates of Rosewood Tucker's Point yesterday to find out more about controversial plans to expand the five-star resort.
Organisers of the walkabout tour estimated at least 2,000 attended and they are hoping j...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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Environment
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Sam Strangeways
A robber who punched his female victim repeatedly in the face before stealing more than $3,000 from her has been jailed for three years.
Steven Caisey, of no fixed abode, pounced on his victim, Karen Thomas, after spending time socialising with her a...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
Elated families who won a Government housing lottery in 2005 finally got to celebrate properly this afternoon, when the first completed units at Harbour View Village were officially opened.
Premier Paula Cox and National Security Minister David Burch...
DATE: Mar 06, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
One of Bermuda’s best-known entertainers became the subject of a heated spat in the House of Assembly this week.
MPs heard on Wednesday that Gene Steede, 70, who was inducted into Bermuda Music Hall of Fame in 2009, would be performing on a tour orga...
DATE: Mar 04, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A 59-year-old office manager charged with a string of sex attacks on a much younger employee does have a case to answer, a Magistrate ruled yesterday.
Khamisi Tokunbo rejected a submission from Mr Y’s lawyer to throw the entire case out of Magistrate...
DATE: Mar 04, 2011
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
Shadow Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin last night asked Premier Paula Cox to name the Cabinet consultants who have had their services axed after “unnecessarily feeding at the trough”.
The Opposition MP applauded the fact that the Cabine...
DATE: Mar 03, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A reduction in spending on Cabinet Office departments in the coming fiscal year will not be as dramatic as Government would like us to believe, according to former Opposition Leader Grant Gibbons.
He told the House of Assembly last night that the 17 ...
DATE: Mar 03, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition MPs last night urged Bermuda Industrial Union and Renaissance Aviation to resolve a dispute about seven sacked workers.
Shadow Attorney General Trevor Moniz said the “spectre of irresponsible action” was looming over the public after the B...
DATE: Mar 02, 2011
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Sam Strangeways