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Government insisted yesterday it had bent over backwards to work with Southlands Ltd. — and denied claims that Premier Ewart Brown had stalled the Morgan's Point land swap deal.
A Government spokesman told The Royal Gazette that Bermudian businessmen...
DATE: Feb 24, 2010
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Environmentalists described themselves last night as "highly distressed" at claims by global insurance chief Brian Duperreault that the Premier was stalling the Southlands land swap deal.
A statement from Bermuda Environmental and Sustainability Task...
DATE: Feb 24, 2010
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Global insurance chief Brian Duperreault has accused Premier Ewart Brown of repeatedly stalling the Southlands land swap deal and treating him and his partners unfairly.
The chief executive officer of insurance giant Marsh & McLennan Companies told T...
DATE: Feb 23, 2010
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As school carpentry projects go, Alton O'Connor's is pretty ambitious.
The 17-year-old Berkeley Institute pupil is building himself a 13ft by 5ft fishing boat based on a design he downloaded from the Internet and modified.
Even more impressive is the...
DATE: Feb 23, 2010
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On March 3, 2005, three wealthy Bermudian businessmen held a meeting with the Department of Tourism to talk about a plan to build a five-star hotel on the Island.
The talks have carried on ever since — for almost five years, in fact — but there is st...
DATE: Feb 23, 2010
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The owners of the 37-acre Southlands estate claim it is unfair that they have been asked by Government to get financing in place before their land can be swapped for 80 acres at Morgan's Point. They point to the fact that overseas hotel developer Car...
DATE: Feb 23, 2010
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Premier Ewart Brown does fly first class on the public purse, his press secretary clarified yesterday.
Arnold Minors told The Royal Gazette on Monday that Dr. Brown "never flies first class or, at least, he hasn't flown first class where it has been ...
DATE: Feb 18, 2010
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Hotel workers will today discuss whether to agree to a wage freeze for the second year running.
Bermuda Industrial Union is holding three meetings for its members to outline a fresh proposal from the Hotel Employers of Bermuda (HEB).
BIU president Ch...
DATE: Feb 18, 2010
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A sculpture commemorating slaves who came to Bermuda in 1835 will be unveiled in Barr's Bay Park today — whatever the weather.
The Corporation of Hamilton said in a statement last night that the ceremony — cancelled last week due to storms — would ta...
DATE: Feb 18, 2010
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Air Canada has cancelled its Toronto/Bermuda flights on three Tuesdays in March due to fewer bookings than expected.
An airline spokesman said: "We do this type of capacity management all the time in response to business conditions. We certainly rem...
DATE: Feb 17, 2010
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