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Works Minister Derrick Burgess hopes young teenagers can be sent on day release from school to learn trades which will help them build careers.
Mr. Burgess says too many school leavers end up unemployed because they don't have the necessary skills to...
DATE: Feb 24, 2010
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One of the Progressive Labour Party's safest seats, Hamilton East was won at a canter by Derrick Burgess at each of the last two General Elections.
In December 2007, Mr. Burgess beat David Sullivan of the United Bermuda Party by 737 votes to 181. Sho...
DATE: Feb 24, 2010
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The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bermuda (ICAB) will be restructured to help promote best standards among its members.
Finance Minister Paula Cox said legislation passing through the House of Assembly yesterday — aimed at strengthening the c...
DATE: Feb 22, 2010
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Newly elected Bermuda Democratic Alliance leader Craig Cannonier issued a rallying cry for Bermudians to "wake up" and stop the Island falling into a volcano of social problems.
Mr. Cannonier stormed to a 157-38 victory over Myron Piper amid cheers a...
DATE: Feb 22, 2010
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It's still only the beginning of a mammoth journey, but Bermuda Democratic Alliance believes it's already come a long way since six men sat in Mark Pettingill's kitchen and declared: "If we build it they will come."
And while 325 people packed into a...
DATE: Feb 22, 2010
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A lack of control over bank accounts and failure to comply with Government rules and legislation were among the complaints in former Auditor General Larry Dennis' scathing last annual report.
Mr. Dennis' hard-hitting review of 2007/08 had its usual t...
DATE: Feb 20, 2010
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Police are investigating Andre Curtis and his faith-based tourism project after being called in by the Ministry of Finance.
And an Auditor General's report attacks the "inexcusable" actions of senior civil servants who allowed Mr. Curtis to pocket $3...
DATE: Feb 20, 2010
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Security guards and private detectives will have to go on training programmes under legislation debated in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Minister Walter Roban told MPs the Private Investigators and Security Guards Amendment Bill would help counter...
DATE: Feb 20, 2010
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MPs are today expected to support new laws allowing Police to confiscate "hoodies" and disperse groups of people hanging out.
And Deputy United Bermuda Party Leader Trevor Moniz said he hopes the Criminal Code Amendment Act will be just the first of ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2010
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Makai Dickerson could have gone either of two ways when cancer — which was already threatening to claim the life of his mother — did exactly that to his sister.
But instead of feeling sorry for himself and getting angry, Mr. Dickerson said no to sitt...
DATE: Feb 18, 2010
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