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Opposition Senate leader Michael Dunkley is the public’s choice to lead the One Bermuda Alliance and the most popular out of 16 politicians polled in a new survey.
Twenty-two percent of voters said Senator Dunkley would be the best OBA leader, with a...
DATE: Jun 27, 2011
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Tim Smith
Bermuda Industrial Union yesterday ended its long-running pay dispute with Government by accepting a 1.65 percent increase.
The deal works out at $17 a week extra for every member, regardless of their wage, president Chris Furbert told a press confer...
DATE: Jun 24, 2011
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Politics
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Tim Smith
Government has negotiated a $200 million three-year loan facility with Butterfield Bank, Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox announced this morning.
Ms Cox said the cash will cover an expected $145 million new borrowings, with the remaining $55 mi...
DATE: Jun 24, 2011
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Tim Smith
Progressive Labour Party adopted candidates Leroy Bean and John Gibbons face a fight to hang onto their status after the party threw the door open for them to be challenged.
It's understood Tourism Minister Patrice Minors could move from Smith's Nort...
DATE: Jun 24, 2011
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Politics
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Tim Smith
Bermuda Industrial Union today ended its long-running pay dispute with Government by accepting a 1.65 percent increase.
The deal works out at $17 a week extra for every member, marginally more than the BIU had asked for in its latest bid to Governmen...
DATE: Jun 23, 2011
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Tim Smith
The Ministry of Transport last night called on Bermuda Industrial Union to put the needs of the nation first in their row about proposed bus timetable changes.
Union members will today decide whether to take industrial action over concerns including ...
DATE: Jun 23, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A burglar fled with a laptop after being confronted by the occupants of the home he’d broken into.
Police say the offender struck at Long Lane, Hamilton Parish, at about 9.50pm on Tuesday; a struggle ensued when he came face to face with the occupant...
DATE: Jun 23, 2011
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
One Bermuda Alliance Chairman Michael Fahy questioned how Bermuda Industrial Union has fallen so far behind in reporting its accounts after learning its finance team is paid more than $400,000 a year.
“It is baffling,” said Mr Fahy, who insists the B...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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Politics
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Tim Smith
Bus drivers will tomorrow decide whether to take industrial action over their timetable row with Government.
A work-to-rule and overtime ban are both possibilities, Bermuda Industrial Union President Chris Furbert said yesterday as he scotched Transp...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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Tim Smith
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards said Bermuda needs to be less unwelcoming to international business as he urged Premier Paula Cox to stop blaming the economic crisis for the Island’s troubles.
Mr Richards said Bermuda is too “protectionist” with...
DATE: Jun 22, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
