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Former Progressive Labour Party leader Marc Bean has urged the Government to encourage entrepreneurs through tax cuts and less red tape.
Mr Bean also called for the Government to lower its spending through a reduction in the size of the Civil Service...
DATE: Aug 29, 2018
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C.V. “Jim” Woolridge was most famous for his many years as tourism minister.
A man of strong views, he said in his memoirs, The House that Jack Built, that he was “hired, fired, rehired, refired and then rehired again” from the ministry for standing ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
CV “Jim” Woolridge was born in 1926 in Flatts as one of ten children.
He wrote in his memoirs that, appropriately given his later role as cricket’s Voice of Summer, that he “practically grew up on Flatts cricket field”.
Cricket was a lifelong passion...
DATE: Aug 29, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man whose wife died in a boat crash in Hamilton Harbour said yesterday there was “no justice” in the trial of the man responsible for her death.
Andrew Lake, 27, was found not guilty of manslaughter by a majority decision last Friday after a Suprem...
DATE: Aug 29, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An online shopping service through the Bermuda Post Office moved a step closer as companies have been asked to outline how they could provide the scheme.
The ministry responsible for government reform is seeking information from interested businesses...
DATE: Aug 29, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Residents are being reminded of a change to trash collection next week as a result of the long weekend.
The Ministry of Public Works said this morning that trash normally collected on Monday will instead this week be collected this Saturday due to t...
DATE: Aug 29, 2018
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News Staff
Lawyer Delroy Duncan will be the guest speaker at the Labour Day Banquet on Friday.
The Bermuda Industrial Union is organising the event, with the theme “Progress towards a fairer Bermuda”, at the Fairmont Southampton.
Mr Duncan’s recent legal cases ...
DATE: Aug 29, 2018
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A boat helmsman who caused the death of a visitor from New Zealand escaped with a suspended prison sentence yesterday.
Andrew Lake, 27, was sentenced to eight months in jail, suspended for two years, and 100 hours of community service for his role in...
DATE: Aug 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Four Uighur refugees have been granted citizenship nine years after a secret deal with the United States to give them asylum on the island.
The move was welcomed by Ewart Brown, the former premier, who arranged their transfer to Bermuda.
The home aff...
DATE: Aug 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The former leader of the Progressive Labour Party has claimed deceit by leaders of the black community during a wave of protests in 2016 triggered the stroke that helped to end his political career.
Marc Bean said yesterday that anti-immigration prot...
DATE: Aug 28, 2018
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Politics
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