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'Last Train Home'
Every spring in China, millions of migrant workers take part in a mass exodus from the cities, as they head to the country to spend New Year with their families.
Director Lixin Fan's film opens with a scene showing the huge strain t...
DATE: Oct 23, 2010
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Taxpayers shelled out $10 million more than expected for the Island's three vehicle safety and emissions testing centres after Government "relinquished control" to two linked private companies, the Auditor General has revealed.
Heather Jacobs Matthew...
DATE: Oct 22, 2010
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A slew of laws not yet brought into force are sitting on Bermuda's statute books, some of them almost a decade old.
An official list compiled by the Attorney General's Chambers cites 23 laws or parts of laws which have been debated and passed by parl...
DATE: Oct 11, 2010
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When former Social Rehabilitation Minister Dale Butler presented the Adoption of Children Bill in the House of Assembly in December 2006, he told MPs how badly the legislation was needed.
It was the first time Bermuda was to have updated its laws reg...
DATE: Oct 11, 2010
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Opposition leader Kim Swan's stepson is facing the death penalty in the US if convicted of the first-degree murder of a North Carolina state trooper.
Edwardo Wong Jr. — the son of Mr. Swan's wife Cindy and her former husband, a Chinese mafia member a...
DATE: Oct 06, 2010
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About 5,000 homes and businesses in Bermuda were expected to be without power this morning — after Belco restored electricity to many thousands more yesterday.
Hurricane Igor left 28,700 properties — more than 80 percent of Belco's 35,000 customers —...
DATE: Sep 21, 2010
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Homeowners interested in installing a solar water heater are being offered a rebate from the Ministry of Energy.
Energy Minister Michael Scott announced yesterday that a "significant figure" had been set aside to allow rebates of up to $1,500. A resi...
DATE: Sep 03, 2010
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This weekend's weather may not be a washout, according to the experts — even though there are three tropical systems in the Atlantic.
Bermuda Weather Service forecaster Nick Camizzi told The Royal Gazette last night that Tropical Storm Fiona — the on...
DATE: Sep 02, 2010
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Community coalitions aimed at reducing drug use and tackling gang issues are to be created in Bermuda — based on a successful US model.
Two experts from Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA) will arrive on the Island next week to talk to ...
DATE: Sep 01, 2010
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Government has no "overarching" strategy to help homeless people, it has admitted — but it hopes data collected in the recent census will help it "plan the way forward".
The authorities also don't keep a record of the number of seniors on the streets...
DATE: Aug 24, 2010
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