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Bermuda Hospitals Board has cut short its multi-million dollar five-year contract with Kurron Shares Inc by 18 months to save money, it announced tonight.
The publicly-funded quango revealed the news in a statement released shortly after Shadow Healt...
DATE: Feb 10, 2011
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Bermuda must do all it can to fight the “pervasive sentiment” here and abroad that it is “closed for business”, a top insurance executive insisted yesterday.
Peter Durhager, executive vice president of Renaissance Re, told Hamilton Rotarians that a “...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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A former office manager standing trial for a series of alleged sex attacks on a much younger employee may have assaulted others “many, many times” and got away with it, according to his accuser.
The 21-year-old man, Mr X, made the claim under cross-e...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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Court
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Bermuda may need to rethink its "protectionist policies" on company ownership if it is to survive the recession and return to economic stability, a meeting heard today.
Peter Durhager, co-chairman of Bermuda First, asked Hamilton Rotary Club if the 6...
DATE: Feb 08, 2011
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The Department of Planning has accused construction firm BCM McAlpine of “abusing” its efforts to facilitate emergency foreshore work at an Opposition MP’s home.
But company president Alan Burland refuted the claim and questioned why planners didn’t ...
DATE: Feb 08, 2011
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Bermuda’s first murder of 2011 had “elements of a gang shooting” though victim Colford Ferguson is not believed to have been in a gang.
Detective Chief Inspector Nick Pedro told a press conference yesterday his investigating team was following variou...
DATE: Feb 08, 2011
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Crime
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Sam Strangeways
Police have appealed for calm after the fatal shooting of 29-year-old construction worker Colford Ferguson.
Bermuda's first murder victim of 2011 was shot multiple times as he did construction work at 2 East Shore Road, Sandys, on Friday afternoon.
D...
DATE: Feb 07, 2011
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Almost three million dollars has been paid out to victims of crime since 2002 by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (CICB).
The money was given as a result of 283 successful claims, according to information released by Government for the first ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2011
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Crime
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Sam Strangeways
Ombudsman Arlene Brock found 30 examples of maladministration in Government and other public bodies in the last year.
Her latest annual report, tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday, cites cases involving 16 different departments, quangos or boar...
DATE: Feb 05, 2011
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Politics
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Sam Strangeways
Glowing personal tributes to a founding father of the Progressive Labour Party who later represented the United Bermuda Party were paid in the House of Assembly yesterday.
A special two-hour session was held to commemorate lawyer Arnold Francis, the ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2011
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