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Government appears to have dropped its controversial multimillion dollar plan to buy the Swan Building in Hamilton.
The Royal Gazette revealed in December that a secret deal to purchase the Victoria Street property for $24.5 million was being hammere...
DATE: Jun 02, 2010
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A 22-year-old man has been given a suspended prison sentence for possessing a bladed article.
Kershon Burt was found guilty of the offence, which happened in December 2007, after a Magistrates' Court trial in January.
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DATE: Jun 02, 2010
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Opposition MP John Barritt has again demanded to know why Government has failed to answer parliamentary questions about its municipalities review.
Responses were due on February 19 to three written queries posed by Mr. Barritt on February 10 — but th...
DATE: Jun 01, 2010
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An announcement will soon be made on a new hotel project, Premier Ewart Brown said on Friday.
He told the House of Assembly that there was plenty of positive tourism news, including the launch of the Bermuda Hospitality Institute, the new cruise ship...
DATE: May 31, 2010
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The Opposition has renewed its calls for a tourism authority to tackle the decline in the second pillar of Bermuda's economy.
Shadow Tourism Minister Michael Dunkley issued a statement yesterday claiming the Island had suffered "crushingly low" air a...
DATE: May 31, 2010
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The International Press Institute has welcomed a joint pledge by the media in Bermuda to set up a self-regulating council by mid-September.
The Vienna-based global organisation said it supported the initiative, which was prompted after Government tab...
DATE: May 31, 2010
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Government's controversial media council bill will be scrapped if the industry fulfils its pledge to set up a voluntary watchdog, Premier Ewart Brown told MPs yesterday.
He revealed that Government had decided to review a proposal sent to him by Berm...
DATE: May 29, 2010
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Government backbencher Randy Horton is to push for a joint parliamentary select committee to tackle gang and gun crime.
He joined several MPs in the House of Assembly who spoke on the need for solutions to the escalating violence after 24-year-old De...
DATE: May 29, 2010
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The media has pledged to set up a self-regulating council by mid-September and urged Government to "put on ice" its plan for a legislated watchdog.
A joint letter was sent yesterday to Premier Ewart Brown and copied to MPs from the editors of the Isl...
DATE: May 28, 2010
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MPs are expected to discuss just one minor piece of legislation during today's House of Assembly session — the Bermuda Housing Amendment Act 2010.
Opposition Whip Cole Simons said the bill was little more than a housekeeping measure and questioned wh...
DATE: May 28, 2010
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