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Bermuda’s modernisation of its air traffic management will allow the Island to become a certified air navigation service provider, Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell told Members of Parliament yesterday upon resumption at the House of Assembly. “Sign...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Sandys man was bailed in Magistrates’ Court this morning after he denied possessing a prohibited weapon.
The court heard that George Hassell, 56, is alleged to have had a flick knife in his possession in St George’s on January 19.
Magistrate Khami...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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Court
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Education Minister Wayne Scott has praised the work of students participating in the Bermuda College Dual Enrolment Programme.
The programme allows qualified high school students to enrol in college-level courses at the Bermuda College. Upon successf...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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Politics
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Premier Michael Dunkley has clashed in Parliament with Opposition MP Zane DeSilva over the retention and salary of a lawyer-lobbyist who first appeared on the political landscape in the 1980s.
Mr DeSilva accused the Bermuda Government of “substantial...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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Politics
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Education Minister Wayne Scott this morning provided an update MPs on the Career Pathways Programme and the continued success experienced by Bermuda’s students.
He said: “This programme has been in place since the 2012-13 academic school year in Ber...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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The Bermuda Tourism Authority spends $18,617 a month on its Washington Mall offices, Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell told MPs in response to parliamentary questions.
The organisation has met 11 times thus far, Mr Crockwell added.
He said payments fo...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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Staff are entitled to get paid ahead of creditors when a company is wound up, according to law. But the collapse of the White’s supermarket chain left nothing to pay them.
Yesterday Shadow Labour Minister Derrick Burgess — who was president of the Be...
DATE: Feb 12, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Fairmont Hamilton Princess has opened the ballroom that it reserves for its most well-heeled guests to the general public to rent.
Among the distinguished guests to have frequented the ballroom include Mark Twain and Sir Winston Churchill.
The f...
DATE: Feb 12, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Plans to build on farmland as part of the Pink Beach redevelopment have been rejected by the Development Applications Board.
Sardis Development Ltd had sought permission to erect ten residential units, a sewage treatment facility and parking spaces o...
DATE: Feb 12, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bill Hanbury has disclosed his salary package to prevent it from continuing to detract from the positive work of the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
By revealing that he earns $295,000 per year and receives a $75,000 annual housing allowance, the BTA chie...
DATE: Feb 12, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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