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A promised pay rise for hospital staff is to be delayed by a month, health chiefs admitted this week.
Workers at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) were due to get a four per cent pay increase in this month?s pay packet, backdated to October.
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DATE: Aug 12, 2006
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Opposition Leader Wayne Furbert yesterday called on Government to hold an immediate referendum on Independence ? and revealed that if one was held he would vote against Bermuda going it alone.
Mr. Furbert called a press conference at United Bermuda P...
DATE: Aug 11, 2006
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The widow of murdered missionary Colin Lee is backing a charity appeal to help African children.
The organisation World Vision will be at the Washington Mall in Hamilton from 10.30 a.m to 3 p.m. today encouraging passers-by to sponsor a Ugandan child...
DATE: Aug 10, 2006
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A Magistrate should not have awarded costs to a Policeman who had an assault case against him thrown out of court, a lawyer argued yesterday.
Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney told Supreme Court that Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner did not give rea...
DATE: Aug 09, 2006
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A lightning strike destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of court equipment during a ferocious storm.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons revealed in Supreme Court One yesterday that the strike on Tuesday, July 25 may have taken out as much ...
DATE: Aug 09, 2006
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Taxi drivers who have failed to install a new mandatory satellite navigation system in their cabs are being ordered to stop taking fares.
Cabbies had until midnight on Sunday to get the GPS tracking device put in their taxis ? and those that haven?t ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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Shadow Education Minister Neville Darrell is calling for a definitive textbook tackling Bermuda?s history to be produced and included on the public school syllabus.
Mr. Darrell told there were no ?seminal texts? detailing the Island?s heritage and sa...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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Premier Alex Scott hopped on board a ferry last week to show how Bermuda residents can make a daily impact on improving the environment.
Mr. Scott, who also caught a bus one day last month instead of taking his GP1 car to the office, boarded the Sea ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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Islanders could be asked to make personal pledges to safeguard the environment under a new plan for the long-term future of Bermuda.
The draft document Charting Our Course: Sustaining Bermuda suggests developing a list of actions that people can take...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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The need for transparency and accountability in Government, improving the civil service and increasing Bermuda?s profile on the world stage are among the topics to be discussed at a public meeting on sustainable development tonight.
The Government?s ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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