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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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AUTHOR:
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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Tim Smith
People with violent backgrounds will be banned from being security guards to ensure they don’t further inflame hot-tempered situations in bars and clubs.
Police will have the power to refuse licences to anyone who has been convicted of a violent or d...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011
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Politics
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Tim Smith
Suspects under the influence of alcohol or drugs must sober up in custody before being interviewed by police, under amendments to the Police And Criminal Evidence (PACE) Act.
Officers have a limited amount of time to interview a detainee from the mom...
DATE: Jun 21, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
For the second time in just over a year, MPs will today debate a new law requiring security guards and private detectives to go on training programmes.
The Private Investigators and Security Guards Act was amended last year to force them to get licen...
DATE: Jun 17, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox, Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess and Economy Minister Kim Wilson are leading a delegation to Washington, DC.
Jobs, reinsurance, border control, agriculture, energy and the environment are among the issues up for discussion as Ms Cox ...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Former United Bermuda Party MP Darius Tucker yesterday completed his journey across the floor to the Progressive Labour Party, telling The Royal Gazette: “It’s not a matter of ideology.”
The Hamilton South MP said what’s in his heart is more importan...
DATE: Jun 12, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Heavier trucks will be allowed on Bermuda’s roads under legislation which passed through the House of Assembly yesterday.
The maximum weight of fully loaded fuel tankers will go up 50 percent, from 22,000 pounds to 33,000 pounds, as part of the Motor...
DATE: Jun 11, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Progressive Labour Party Senator LaVerne Furbert is said to be challenging her cousin Wayne Furbert for his House of Assembly seat in Hamilton West.
The pair are locked in a three-way battle with businessman Charles Clarke in Constituency Six as the ...
DATE: Jun 10, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Health Minister Kathy Michelmore yesterday warned alarming obesity statistics could be about to get even worse as she urged Government to expand a new schools wellness programme.
Junior Health Minister Cromwell Shakir had said about 14 student...
DATE: Jun 09, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
