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Auditor General Heather Matthews says she’s been unable to make her reports public because the Audit Committee has not been performing its functions during 2011.
Mrs Matthews wrote to House of Assembly Speaker Stanley Lowe saying the Committee, which...
DATE: Dec 10, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Far-reaching telecommunications reform proposals went before the House of Assembly as Environment, Planning and Infrastructure Minister Marc Bean introduced two “inextricably linked” bills aimed at replacing decades-old legislation.
Between them, the...
DATE: Dec 10, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Cash-strapped Bermuda Industrial Union’s credit union has published a list of 49 delinquents amid frustration from members unable to get loans.
The credit union disbursed just over $2 million in loans throughout 2009, about $1 million less than it di...
DATE: Dec 08, 2011
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Tim Smith
A 21-year-old gunman was yesterday sentenced to 25 years in prison following a gang-related shooting in a west end parking lot.
Chief Justice Richard Ground told Marico Bassett innocent bystanders could easily have been hit by a stray bullet as he re...
DATE: Dec 07, 2011
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Tim Smith
Fifty-three Dellwood Middle School students turned up wearing the wrong clothes yesterday, amid complaints about a new winter uniform being enforced when parents are short of cash.
One father told The Royal Gazette he refused to buy a navy blue blaze...
DATE: Dec 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government is on the lookout for an advertising agency to carry out its media plan in the US and Canada.
The Department of Tourism has lodged a Request For Proposal, indicating in the Official Gazette it’s seeking a firm to create, develop and execut...
DATE: Nov 26, 2011
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell yesterday said his party will revisit the issue of gambling on cruise ships if Government comes forward with more information on the subject.
Mr Crockwell said the Opposition rejected legislation to allow in-po...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
“Wanted: homosexual house cleaner (heterosexuals need not apply),” reads an advert placed in today’s Royal Gazette.
The message, perfectly legal because of Government’s failure to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation, has been posted by ...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
One Bermuda Alliance MP Mark Pettingill has handed his safe Opposition constituency to former political rival Jeff Sousa.
The OBA yesterday unveiled Mr Pettingill as its general election candidate for Warwick North East, where he faces a likely uphil...
DATE: Nov 25, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Shadow Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell today said his party will revisit the issue of gambling on cruise ships if Government comes forward with more information on the subject.
Mr Crockwell said the Opposition rejected legislation to allow in-port g...
DATE: Nov 24, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith