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Nineteen-year-old Jahmeiko Perkins was killed in a motorcycle accident, police announced yesterday.
A forensic pathologist has declared Mr Perkins was not murdered before his body was found in a ditch next to Parsons Lane, Devonshire, on Saturday mor...
DATE: Aug 10, 2011
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Shadow Justice Minister Trevor Moniz is calling for Government to reveal who sits on its panel overseeing the selection of consultants.
Mr Moniz also questioned whether the new review committee, announced by Cabinet Secretary Donald Scott last week, ...
DATE: Aug 10, 2011
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Friends and family of shooting victim Raymond (Yankee) Rawlins gathered last night for a vigil to mark the first anniversary of his death.
His mother Sharon Coy-Rawlins called for community peace as others lit candles on Court Street, outside the Spi...
DATE: Aug 10, 2011
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A call centre has been set up to help motorists whose vehicles were destroyed in the HWP fire.
Company boss Jonathan Brewin said staff have been struggling to contact some customers as phone lists were burned in the blaze.
People are encouraged to ri...
DATE: Aug 10, 2011
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Union boss Chris Furbert clashed with an angry protester outside Bermuda Industrial Union’s headquarters yesterday.
Dennis Nesbitt, who claims he’s not been paid enough sick leave since being seriously injured working on the garbage trucks two years ...
DATE: Aug 06, 2011
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Cabinet Office yesterday appeared to overturn a Transport Ministry decision to appoint former Progressive Labour Party Chairman Anthony Santucci as a consultant.
On Thursday evening, Transport Minister Terry Lister had told Bernews Mr Santucci, fired...
DATE: Aug 06, 2011
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Bermuda Employers’ Council welcomed Government’s plans to retrain unemployed workers as it noted the Island unemployment problem spreads wide.
BEC, which has previously estimated 3,000 people have lost jobs in a two-year period, said the recent Unemp...
DATE: Aug 05, 2011
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The average age of unemployed people is 38, according to Government’s recent Unemployed Registration Drive.
Just over 1,000 people registered at the initiative designed to find out the needs of those who have fallen victim to the economic crisis, Eco...
DATE: Aug 04, 2011
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Good governance has been a priority for the Progressive Labour Party since Paula Cox became Premier, Senate Leader Kim Wilson said yesterday.
The Economy Minister said the Good Governance Act proves the commitment the PLP has shown to accountability ...
DATE: Aug 04, 2011
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Government Senator LaVerne Furbert noted the United Bermuda Party didn’t protect homosexuals and older people from discrimination when it was in power as she defended her Government’s record on human rights.
Two Independent Senators and one from the ...
DATE: Aug 04, 2011
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