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Shadow Finance Minister David Burt says Bermuda must be more aggressive in order to break the “vicious economic cycle”.
In his official Budget reply, delivered in the House of Assembly, Mr Burt said the Island’s economy is broken and the wait-and-see...
DATE: Mar 01, 2014
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Premier Craig Cannonier spent less on travel in 14 months than the Progressive Labour Party government, according to a rebuttal to Opposition criticism of the Premier’s travel bill.
The statement came in response to PLP Leader Marc Bean’s condemnatio...
DATE: Mar 01, 2014
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His kayak repaired and his belly full, Polish adventurer Aleksander Doba said the help he has received in Bermuda has been tremendous, but needs just one last favour.
Mr Doba, a retired engineer, is hoping someone can take him and his kayak ‘OLO’ to ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2014
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St George’s icon Alben Anderson, known to all as “Alabama”, was saluted in Parliament as beloved in the east end.
Mr Anderson died on Tuesday at the age of 72.
His niece, Progressive Labour Party Senator Renee Ming, looked on from the gallery as St D...
DATE: Mar 01, 2014
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With notably rancorous recent sessions of Parliament, the Speaker announced at the February 21 sitting that the people of Bermuda expected their business to be conducted with “respect, dignity and decorum”, adding: “I challenge us to live up to that ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2014
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The Opposition is good at identifying problems but is “very vague” at providing solutions to those problems, Education and Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons said in the House of Assembly.
Speaking after Shadow Finance Minister David Burt ha...
DATE: Mar 01, 2014
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Local seabed prospecting company Oceans Projects Limited (OPL) is urging Government to ‘move it or lose it’ when it comes to taking advantage of future deep sea mining ventures.
The “90 percent Bermudian-owned” OPL — of which former Premier David Sau...
DATE: Mar 01, 2014
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There was standing room only as Girisha Aubeeluck-Worrell was Called to the Bar in front of a courtroom packed with family, friends and colleagues.
Her husband, local defence attorney Kamal Worrell, was among those present. He said his wife represent...
DATE: Mar 01, 2014
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Health clinics in Somerset and Warwick have been closed by the Department of Health after heavy rain caused flooding at the facilities.
“In order to ensure a safe clinic and to allow the Works staff to carry out the necessary repairs to the buildings...
DATE: Mar 01, 2014
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The Bermuda Regiment and Bermuda Fire Service have teamed up to promote firefighting as a career for soldiers finishing their service.
Regiment Commanding Officer Lt Col Michael Foster-Brown said the partnership would attract more volunteers to the R...
DATE: Feb 28, 2014
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