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Premier Paula Cox told MPs on Friday she was well aware that many Bermudians were unemployed — hence the creation of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
The Finance Minister, responding to criticism of the Throne Speech claim that Bermuda is...
DATE: Nov 15, 2010
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A charity is asking the public to be on the alert after thieves stole seven pans of frozen food for the homeless and hungry in broad daylight.
The trays of food, along with a jacket, were taken from the back of a white Daily Bread van at about 2.30 p...
DATE: Nov 15, 2010
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Government will consider setting up a Taxi Commission to regulate the industry, Transport Minister Terry Lister told MPs.
And he revealed his Ministry is to conduct a study of Town Cut and cruise ship access in a bid to prevent the "dying away" of St...
DATE: Nov 15, 2010
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Encouraging the issuance of Islamic bonds — known as sukuk — could be the way forward for Bermuda if it is to diversify and attract new business, MPs heard on Friday.
Business Development and Tourism Minister Patrice Minors said the Islamic bond sect...
DATE: Nov 15, 2010
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Police are hunting a second suspect involved in the theft of a bag of cash from a security guard on Friday.
The incident happened at about 4.45 p.m. in the TCD parking lot on North Street, Pembroke. Officers caught one man and recovered the bag and i...
DATE: Nov 15, 2010
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Bermuda may follow China by imposing a nationwide ban on plastic bags, Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess revealed yesterday.
He told the House of Assembly during a debate on the Throne Speech that the bags had a lifespan of up to 400 years and caused se...
DATE: Nov 13, 2010
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Progressive Labour Party candidate Marc Bean will not take a drug test before the Warwick South Central by-election — unlike his political rivals.
The other two contenders to become MP for constituency 26 — Bermuda Democratic Alliance's Sylvan Richar...
DATE: Nov 12, 2010
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Government backbencher Wayne Perinchief claims Bermuda Police Service needs to recruit more local males because it has become "largely expatriate and disconnected from the general populace".
He told MPs this week that an overhaul of the Service "from...
DATE: Nov 12, 2010
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Schoolchildren are affiliating themselves with gangs in the belief that it will "keep them safe", a senior Police officer has told MPs.
Assistant Commissioner David Mirfield told the first public meeting of a new parliamentary committee on violent cr...
DATE: Nov 12, 2010
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The president of Bermuda Football Association (BFA) has warned troublemakers to keep their "social issues" away from soccer games after a fight broke out after yesterday's Cup Final.
Larry Mussenden told The Royal Gazette that the fracas at about 5 p...
DATE: Nov 12, 2010
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