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Kenneth Dill has no intention of stepping down as head of the Civil Service despite the Premier's attempt to oust him, sources have told The Royal Gazette.
And Ewart Brown may have made a serious error in trying to force out the top civil servant, ac...
DATE: May 05, 2009
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PLP chairman David Burt warned yesterday that he would "use all measures" under the party's constitution to prevent rebel MPs taking a vote on Premier Ewart Brown's leadership at a meeting on Wednesday.
Mr. Burt, in a lengthy statement on the plp.bm ...
DATE: May 04, 2009
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A female traveller was arrested for unruly behaviour after the plane she was travelling on from Miami touched down in Bermuda last night.
Police said they received a report just before 8 p.m. about the Bermudian woman in her early fifties swearing at...
DATE: May 04, 2009
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Shadow Tourism Minister Michael Dunkley has accused Premier Ewart Brown and his Cabinet of a "supremely arrogant decision" in awarding a new two-year $28 million contract to GlobalHue.
The US advertising firm landed the Department of Tourism contract...
DATE: May 04, 2009
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Fewer boats than expected are taking part in this year's Tall Ships Atlantic Challenge, due to the global financial crisis.
The 7,000 mile race — which began in Vigo, Spain, at the weekend — includes a stop in Bermuda next month for a five-day festiv...
DATE: May 04, 2009
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Civil service head Kenneth Dill has been asked by Premier Ewart Brown to retire after a Government career spanning almost 40 years.
Dr. Brown is understood to have presented Major Dill, 63, with a letter on Thursday (April 30) requesting that he step...
DATE: May 04, 2009
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Government Senator Walton Brown is likely to settle his legal row with a former employee out of court.
The Junior Education Minister appeared in Magistrates' Court yesterday regarding a civil claim from Christen Pears for more than $10,000 in unpaid ...
DATE: May 01, 2009
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It's not often that the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital gets endorsed by a Hollywood star — but last night Catherine Zeta-Jones revealed that she was feeling "fine" after treatment there for sinus problems.
The world-famous actress was attending a ...
DATE: May 01, 2009
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A New York bartender won a civil claim for almost $500,000 against the man who runs Bermuda's Segway tours — but Robert Territo insists the case against him was false.
Mr. Territo and his wife Myra, who came here from Manhattan in 2004, were ordered ...
DATE: Apr 30, 2009
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The Bank of Butterfield gave away about $200,000 to local good causes in the first three months of this year.
Nineteen charities benefited from the funds, according to Butterfield's president and CEO Alan Thompson. He said the current economic climat...
DATE: Apr 30, 2009
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