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A US missionary who brought a gun and ammunition into the Island undetected highlighted how easily firearm laws can be flouted, Deputy Speaker Randy Horton said last night.
Egbert Haywood was attempting to leave the Island when a .32 calibre pistol, ...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda must rise to the international challenges of the insurance industry or hardworking Bermudians will face the consequences, Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox warned.
Rival jurisdictions are now competing with the Island for businesses, cap...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government is obstructing the Auditor General from doing her job as it doesn’t want people to find out how it’s handling the public purse, the Opposition claimed last night.
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards suggested the Audit Committee is trying...
DATE: Dec 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
More than 300 people have applied to “reinvent themselves” as waiters and servers in a Government and industry course.
The project, a joint partnership between Government, Bermuda Hotel Association and the Chamber of Commerce’s restaurant division, a...
DATE: Dec 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Auditor General Heather Matthews says she’s been unable to make her reports public because the Audit Committee has not been performing its functions during 2011.
Mrs Matthews wrote to House of Assembly Speaker Stanley Lowe saying the Committee, which...
DATE: Dec 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Far-reaching telecommunications reform proposals went before the House of Assembly as Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Minister Marc Bean introduced two “inextricably linked” bills aimed at replacing decades-old legislation.
Between them, the...
DATE: Dec 10, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Cash-strapped Bermuda Industrial Union’s credit union has published a list of 49 delinquents amid frustration from members unable to get loans.
The credit union disbursed just over $2 million in loans throughout 2009, about $1 million less than it di...
DATE: Dec 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A 21-year-old gunman was yesterday sentenced to 25 years in prison following a gang-related shooting in a west end parking lot.
Chief Justice Richard Ground told Marico Bassett innocent bystanders could easily have been hit by a stray bullet as he re...
DATE: Dec 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Fifty-three Dellwood Middle School students turned up wearing the wrong clothes yesterday, amid complaints about a new winter uniform being enforced when parents are short of cash.
One father told The Royal Gazette he refused to buy a navy blue blaze...
DATE: Dec 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government is on the lookout for an advertising agency to carry out its media plan in the US and Canada.
The Department of Tourism has lodged a Request For Proposal, indicating in the Official Gazette it’s seeking a firm to create, develop and execut...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
