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Union boss Kevin Grant has called for Government to set a better example than spending $54,000 taxpayers’ money on a Jeep Patriot with Bose surround sound system for a road sweeping manager.
The Bermuda Public Services Union president says his member...
DATE: Mar 12, 2012
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Tim Smith
Staff walked off the job at Riddell’s Bay Golf and Country Club in protest at the dismissal of a colleague.
About ten employees demonstrated outside the club yesterday, for the second day in a row, carrying placards such as “Workers demand respect” a...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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Budget
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Tim Smith
Last year’s police pay award caused the Ministry of Labour, Home Affairs and Housing to overspend by $2.3 million, according to supplementary estimates tabled in the House of Assembly.
Government gave officers a retroactive 1.8 percent pay increase o...
DATE: Mar 09, 2012
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Budget
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Tim Smith
Bermuda Sloop Foundation will receive a grant of $200,500 to continue providing voyages to middle school students, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith announced yesterday.
The Ministry will hand out a total of $430,310 in grants to external bodies...
DATE: Mar 08, 2012
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Politics
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Tim Smith
Bermuda Sloop Foundation will receive a grant of $200,500 to continue providing voyages to middle school students, Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith revealed this morning.
That figure, unchanged from 2011/12, represents nearly half the total sum...
DATE: Mar 07, 2012
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A judge has ruled against a judicial review in the recent purchase of controversial casino ship Niobe Corinthian.
Businessman Neil Inchcup and his assistant Cheryl Simmons have been told they have the option of taking private action over the sale of ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2012
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Tim Smith
Taxpayers have forked out for a Jeep Patriot with Bose surround sound system for a road sweeping superintendent.
The vehicle, which sells in Bermuda for about $55,000, was purchased following a year-long search, with several other vehicles deemed ina...
DATE: Mar 07, 2012
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Tim Smith
A friend of an American killed in a road accident in St George’s last month has publicly thanked police officers for their kindness in dealing with the tragedy.
Daniel Harrop, a professor of psychiatric medicine at Brown University in Rhode Island, w...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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Tim Smith
A woman who dishonestly took $21,500 from her mother’s bank account was spared jail after Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner heard about her mental health difficulties.
Helene Sutcliffe, 57, of St George’s, felt she was owed emotionally and financial...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A woman was jailed for ten days after admitting slapping a police officer in the face when he tried to search her bag.
Tenora Steede, 22, told Magistrates’ Court she was angry that the officer questioned her in a bathroom at the St George’s Club on F...
DATE: Mar 06, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith