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Government’s efforts to improve the job market are bearing fruit according to Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy, but much work still must be done.
Along with continuing work on creating a National Training Plan for the Island, Sen Fahy cited the Sum...
DATE: Aug 15, 2013
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Budget
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Former Premier Ewart Brown has declined an offer to have his account on an online blog reactivated.
Dr Brown signed up to the blog Bermuda is Another World last week but was kicked off days later after an exchange with critic Kevin Comeau.
But the si...
DATE: Aug 15, 2013
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Visiting human rights lawyer Nicola Barker will speak tonight at the Bermuda College, in a public talk on the implications of gay rights in the UK.
The Kent Law School lecturer’s talk coincides with the graduation of the college’s last law students t...
DATE: Aug 15, 2013
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A convicted con man confessed to dishonestly obtaining more than $17,000 from two victims.
Jonathan Ratteray, 26, from Smith’s, pleaded guilty to ten counts of dishonestly obtaining property between May 2 and June 26 this year.
In each case Ratteray ...
DATE: Aug 15, 2013
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Court
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Angered by the potential danger posed by overgrown trees on a public road, an irate senior citizen reached out to the media for help.
Myrtle Durham, 85, has lived on Sears Hill in Smith's for ten years.
The avid walker said the trees block visibility...
DATE: Aug 15, 2013
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A Pembroke man was fined after being caught with a small quantity of cannabis.
Dwight McGowan, 41, pleaded guilty to a single count of possessing cannabis outside the Hamilton Parish Workman’s Club.
Prosecutor Carrington Mahoney told the court office...
DATE: Aug 15, 2013
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Court
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A Southampton man has been cleared of elder abuse charges — with Magistrates’ Court hearing that his case concerned “a deeply divided family” with “scores to settle among themselves”.
Reviewing the varying accounts given by family members, Magistrate...
DATE: Aug 15, 2013
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Court
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A “spiritually-based” treatment programme offered by addiction charity Focus Counselling is hoped to be in place by the year’s end.
But the group is in urgent need of donations to continue its work, said co-founder Sandy Butterfield, who last night u...
DATE: Aug 15, 2013
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Other
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The Bermuda Zoological Society is hosting an international course on the biology and conservation of sea turtles.
A group of seven students and professionals from around the world are in Bermuda for the ‘in-water course’ hosted by the Bermuda Turtle ...
DATE: Aug 15, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Police are warning business owners to consider beefing up their security after several burglaries.
Business owners are being asked by police to keep the minimum amount of cash at their premises and make irregular bank deposits often.
It is recommen...
DATE: Aug 15, 2013
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Crime
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