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The Ministry of Legal Affairs is seeking applications for the position of Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions, according to a notice in today’s paper.
The advertisement, in the Classifieds employment section, calls for qualified barristers with at...
DATE: Dec 18, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Ranks within the Bermuda Reserve Police have been retitled and allocated new uniform insignias as a way of creating “a more efficient supervisory management system”.
Supervisory ranks within the reserves have traditionally mirrored the same ranks th...
DATE: Dec 18, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Environmentalist groups have welcomed the Bermuda Government’s stated aim to move towards “least cost, high quality and sustainable” electricity.
This week, the Bermuda Government tabled the Electricity Bill, which will open up the Island’s power gen...
DATE: Dec 18, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Legislation amending the Royal Bermuda Regiment has been passed in the Senate.
Lieutenant-Colonel Michael Foster-Brown, the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s commanding officer, observed the debate.
While the Defence Act was supported by independent senators,...
DATE: Dec 18, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Alexandra Mosher Studio Jewellery has been praised as having the best Christmas window display following a comptetion organised by the City of Hamilton.
The Washinton Mall store took the top prize in the contest, winning more than $1,000 in prizes in...
DATE: Dec 18, 2015
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Both parties labelled the Par-la-Ville hotel loan guarantee a “travesty” last night as they debated amendments to increase the Corporation of Hamilton’s borrowing limit.
However, the Bermuda Government and Opposition took shots at each other during t...
DATE: Dec 17, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Progressive Labour Party MPs are plotting a special delegates’ conference with the aim of ousting Marc Bean, according to party sources.
David Burt, the deputy leader, emerged as a strong candidate for the leadership role should the politicians, who ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The Tobacco Control Act 2015 passed in the House of Assembly yesterday after a series of amendments.
The Act had been tabled with the aim of improving Bermuda’s overall health and preventing children from taking up smoking, but became the subject of ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2015
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Politics
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Progressive Labour Party MP Zane DeSilva has firmly denied rumours he is intent on becoming the Leader of the Opposition.
“I never put myself up for leadership — it’s not on my agenda to do so,” Mr DeSilva said when contacted by The Royal Gazette.
He...
DATE: Dec 17, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A teenager who was shot in the leg by a gunman on the back of a bike was recovering on a general ward in hospital last night.
The 17-year-old boy was injured on Tuesday night after two men on a motorcycle opened fire on a small crowd of six men that ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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