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A dead body found at Tobacco Bay today is that of missing British guest worker Martin Molinski, Police confirmed this evening.
The 26-year-old British national, who was last seen by one of his flatmates on Wednesday evening, was discovered by two Ger...
DATE: Mar 21, 2010
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A strike by British Airways cabin crew which was due to start last night will not affect flights to and from Bermuda over the weekend.
Marianne Wilcox, BA's customer service manager at L.F. Wade International Airport, said: "They will be operating as...
DATE: Mar 20, 2010
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Government overspending of more than $23 million was approved by MPs in the House of Assembly last night.
The extra expenditure last year included a $15 million subsidy for King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and $3.8 million on salaries, back pay and ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2010
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Government has confirmed that cleaning up polluted Morgan's Point will cost almost $30 million but has not set any money aside in this year's Budget for the project.
Ministry of Works and Engineering permanent secretary Robert Horton told The Royal G...
DATE: Mar 19, 2010
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A sign at the entrance to Morgan's Point on George's Bay Road warns visitors: "No trespassing." But most people would not want to go to the former US base land, which straddles the Southampton and Sandys parishes.
It is heavily polluted with oil, jet...
DATE: Mar 19, 2010
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His name has been linked with several high-profile luxury resorts in Turks and Caicos — but Patrick Ellis seems reluctant to talk about his involvement with any of them.
The hotels themselves also seem less than keen to discuss the part Mr. Ellis pla...
DATE: Mar 19, 2010
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Shadow Labour Minister Michael Dunkley has pledged to show up to a Bermudians-only meeting — without his passport.
The Opposition politician objected this week to the language used in an invitation from Labour Minister David Burch to locals working i...
DATE: Mar 19, 2010
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Labour Minister David Burch yesterday hit back at Opposition claims that his invitation to Bermudians to attend a locals-only meeting on work permit term limits was "divisive and inflammatory".
Senator Burch asked Islanders working in international b...
DATE: Mar 18, 2010
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Premier Ewart Brown's new press secretary is being paid about $30,000 a year less than his predecessors.
Jamahl Simmons told The Royal Gazette he was receiving an annual salary of $71,110 for the full-time job, which is publicly funded but a politica...
DATE: Mar 18, 2010
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An invitation to Bermudians from Labour Minister David Burch to attend a locals-only meeting on work permit term limits has been described as "divisive and inflammatory" by the Opposition.
Senator Burch sent an e-mail on Monday about the April 8 clos...
DATE: Mar 17, 2010
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