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Truckers last night rallied around Bermuda General Truckers Association president Richard Foggo in his campaign against illegal use of dumpsters.
Mr Foggo is planning court action to shut down companies which break the law by using dumpsters to carry...
DATE: Aug 31, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Dock managers expressed surprise they’re still waiting for arbitration to begin two weeks after Economy Minister Kim Wilson served a binding arbitration notice on their row with Bermuda Industrial Union.
For the third Sunday in succession, an overtim...
DATE: Aug 30, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The fledgling One Bermuda Alliance is facing a battle between the old and the new as it prepares its slate of candidates for the general election.
Young members are said to be keen for long-serving former United Bermuda Party MPs to step aside and gi...
DATE: Aug 30, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
One Bermuda Alliance leadership contenders are said to be in talks over potential compromise deals to avoid any ugly battles at their first election in two weeks.
Former United Bermuda Party leader Michael Dunkley and former Bermuda Democratic Allian...
DATE: Aug 26, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Seniors say they face struggling to pay grocery bills for another month after learning their pension increase won’t come through until September.
Elderly people were expecting a three percent rise in August’s pension following a pledge by Premier and...
DATE: Aug 26, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Political party founder and pioneering architect Walter Brangman has died aged 81.
Mr Brangman, a former Progressive Labour Party MP who became a founding member of the National Liberal Party in 1985, was also one of Bermuda’s best-known architects f...
DATE: Aug 25, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Both Opposition parties last night called for unions and managers to avoid bringing the Island to a standstill as tension remains high in a number of industries.
For the second Sunday in a row, The Oleander yesterday sat in Hamilton dock with nobody ...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards hopes civil servants would be enticed into a growing private sector under a One Bermuda Alliance Government. Giving more details on his plan to reduce Bermuda’s crippling debt, Mr Richards said his party would all...
DATE: Aug 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards last night pledged a One Bermuda Alliance Government would get people back to work, cut overspending and reduce the Island’s crippling debt.
Speaking at the OBA’s town hall meeting on the economy, Mr Richards pain...
DATE: Aug 12, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Auditor General is to get new probing powers after meeting Premier Paula Cox to discuss former Premier Ewart Brown’s controversial emissions testing project.
Ms Cox says law changes are now in the pipeline to give Heather Jacobs Matthews and Dire...
DATE: Aug 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
