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Bermuda needs to establish a minimum living wage to help stop people getting stuck in debt, a campaigner said last night.
Sheelagh Cooper, of the Coalition for the Protection of Children, was speaking as she backed a bid to reduce the rate of interes...
DATE: Jul 10, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Greater transparency and an “overall understanding of Government’s assets and liabilities” will emerge thanks to a new law, the Senate was told yesterday.
Senator Michael Fahy, Minister of Home Affairs, said full financial reports from all public bo...
DATE: Jul 10, 2014
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Politics
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Bishop Vinton Anderson of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, a Bermudian minister who rose to global prominence in 1991 as president of the World Council of Churches, has died at the age of 86.
Bishop Anderson died yesterday at his home in St Lo...
DATE: Jul 10, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A bid to set up a commission to look up at historic land grabs has been rejected by Governor George Fergusson.
The move followed a vote in the House of Assembly last week to ask that a Commission of Inquiry should be established to look at “historic ...
DATE: Jul 10, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda officials made a compelling case to host the America’s Cup in 2017 and race organisers believe they will be in “good hands” if they ultimately decide to stage the event here.
The Island now goes head-to-head with San Diego in a bid to win the...
DATE: Jul 09, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda’s politicians need to face “the elephant in the room” and bring in tougher legislation to improve road safety.
Dr Joseph Froncioni, a road safety expert, has advocated for safer driving for “15 to 20 years” and supports more effective deterre...
DATE: Jul 09, 2014
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Bermudian author Janet Wingate is launching the second edition of her novel ‘Nonsuch Summer’ with a book signing at the Bermuda Book Store this evening (Wednesday) during Harbour Nights.
Ms Wingate, daughter of famed conservationist David Wingate, wo...
DATE: Jul 09, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A doctor has brought the Bermuda Hospitals Board to court on charges of wrongful dismissal, claiming BHB authorities defamed him by saying patients’ safety was at risk.
Charles Curtis-Thomas was fired after just three weeks on the job as a hospitali...
DATE: Jul 09, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Paget man charged with seriously injuring a lifelong friend was more concerned about avoiding arrest than calling an ambulance, according to prosecutors.
John Wardman denies charges of causing grievous bodily harm to Alexander Doyle while driving o...
DATE: Jul 09, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Regiment could be manned entirely by volunteer soldiers within five years if a successful recruitment drive is maintained.
Regiment Commanding Officer Lt Col Michael Foster-Brown — a British Army regular officer seconded to Bermuda and wh...
DATE: Jul 09, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
