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MPs today hammered the final nail into the coffin of the property vote, abolishing the right of business owners to cast a ballot in municipal elections.
An order allowing only residents to vote in elections held by the Corporation of Hamilton and Cor...
DATE: Mar 25, 2011
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UBP election candidate Jeff Sousa showed “blatant disregard” for the planning process by starting building work on his property without permission, according to the Development Applications Board.
The board considered an application by Mr Sousa for r...
DATE: Mar 24, 2011
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A church in St George held a special prayer session for one of its members who suffered life-threatening injuries in a road crash last week.
Teenager Cornell Bailey was rushed to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital on March 14 after his motorcycle was ...
DATE: Mar 23, 2011
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A new performance appraisal system for police will begin on April 1, Acting Police Commissioner Mike Jackman revealed yesterday.
He said Bermuda Police Service would implement a computerised performance and development appraisal system that would “pr...
DATE: Mar 23, 2011
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A new performance appraisal system for police will begin on April 1, Acting Police Commissioner Mike Jackman revealed today.
He said Bermuda Police Service would implement a computerised performance and development appraisal system that would “provid...
DATE: Mar 22, 2011
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The Police Commissioner’s decision to get rid of five policemen from the Caribbean just two days before they were to become permanent officers with full pension rights was “conspicuously unfair”, according to the Court of Appeal.
A panel of three jud...
DATE: Mar 22, 2011
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Near the end of ‘Gabi on the Roof in July', a tearful Gabi is told by her older brother Sam: “You're really funny, smart and intelligent.”
Which is weird, because she displays none of these attributes for the duration of this tiresome coming-of-age t...
DATE: Mar 22, 2011
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Bermuda Landscaping Association says its members will hire Bermudians who attended a job fair last week despite the fact that not one of the 130 applicants so far considered has any experience.
The newly-formed organisation, which represents 35 lands...
DATE: Mar 18, 2011
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An Opposition politician today accused Government of "total, blatant ineptitude" after MPs were asked to approve a near $10 million overspend for the Department of Financial Assistance.
Shadow Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin questioned...
DATE: Mar 18, 2011
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Junior Finance Minister David Burt suggested today that Government should consider privatising some of its services in order to inject “much needed innovation” into the economy.
He told the Senate candidates for privatisation could include public tra...
DATE: Mar 16, 2011
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