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Government last night refused to comment on when residents can expect their trash to be picked up - despite it remaining uncollected in some parishes throughout the weekend.
A rubbish collection due to take place on Friday morning did not happen, mea...
DATE: Jul 02, 2007
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The Deputy Governor has formally responded to Public Safety Minister David Burch’s request for the Governor to hand over control of the Police.
Mark Capes received a letter from Sen. Burch on June 14 — a week after the Minister told the Senate that S...
DATE: Jun 27, 2007
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Principals, teachers and others working in the Island’s public schools will meet tomorrow to air fears that they are being left out of plans for crucial educational reform.
The leaders of Bermuda Union of Teachers, the Association of School Principal...
DATE: Jun 27, 2007
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Two MPs on opposite sides of the House of Assembly shook up a long-winded and often repetitive debate on public education with impassioned outbursts last night.
Opposition backbencher Maxwell Burgess got the attention of members with a speech he admi...
DATE: Jun 23, 2007
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An arbitration hearing between teachers and the Ministry of Education over pay will take place next week.
The meeting was due to be held at the Department of Labour yesterday but was delayed by mutual consent, according to Mike Charles, general secre...
DATE: Jun 22, 2007
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A 22-year-old holidaymaker plunged four decks of a cruise ship and later died in hospital after apparently trying to slide down a banister after a night out in St. George’s.
Richard Mulloy, from Boston, Massachusetts, was pronounced dead at King Edwa...
DATE: Jun 21, 2007
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Two Democratic members of the US Congress will co-chair this year’s American Independence Day celebrations on the Island, which organisers are hoping will make it into the Guinness Book of World Records.
GK Butterfield, whose father was born in St. G...
DATE: Jun 19, 2007
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The Island’s top two politicians were in Washington last week for an intense two days of talks with legislators. But what exactly did Premier Ewart Brown and Deputy Premier Paula Cox set out to achieve with their visit — and what do DC’s movers and s...
DATE: Jun 18, 2007
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An at-a-glance guide to what was discussed in DC last week:
* Tax was the topic dominating the majority of the talks with Senators and House of Representative members. The delegation sought assurances that the Island — home to numerous insurance and ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2007
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US politicians don't come much more high profile or influential than Condoleezza Rice — but today the Secretary of State took time out of her frantic schedule to meet with Bermuda's leaders.
Premier Ewart Brown and Deputy Premier Paula Cox were grant...
DATE: Jun 15, 2007
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