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Statistician Cordell Riley yesterday expressed disappointment at Finance Minister Bob Richards’ criticism of his jobs loss forecasts, saying his company has been making such predictions without fail for two decades.
“I was quite surprised and disappo...
DATE: Aug 24, 2013
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Politics
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The Bermuda Feline Assistance Bureau (BFAB) is calling on Government to find a new approach to deal with feral chickens after a cat was found “near death” from a possible poisoning.
A BFAB spokesman said the animal was found on Cooper’s Island Beach ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2013
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Bermudian educator, poet and writer Melodye Van Putten — the woman behind Ashay University — will host a series of self-knowledge classes “designed for the community of adult learners”.
Modelled after her character education programme ‘Ashay: Rites o...
DATE: Aug 24, 2013
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Three men were yesterday accused of serious sexual assault in separate cases in Magistrates’ Court.
None of the people involved can be named because of legal reasons.
A Sandys man was charged with serious sexual assault and forcing alcohol and drug...
DATE: Aug 24, 2013
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Court
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A police officer who attended the accident in which two brothers were severely injured described the scene as “very graphic”.
Police officer in charge Tavoris Douglas gave his account of the aftermath of the February 29, 2012 Woodlands Road crash in ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2013
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Court
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Hotelier David Dodwell is confident that he can find investment for his latest project, saying that there is renewed optimism about the Island from financial backers.
Mr Dodwell is a shareholder IRC Sandys, which has leased land from Government quang...
DATE: Aug 24, 2013
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Tourism
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Government filled 63 teacher vacancies over the summer, out of the roughly 900 jobs across the public school system.
Describing staffing as “a moving target” that had posed challenges in the past, Acting Education Minister Grant Gibbons said another ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2013
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Education
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Big-hearted musicians have rallied to the aid of local performer Mike James, after his Warwick studio was torched in a suspected arson.
Mr James, who performs as “Mr Mikey”, thanked fellow musicians Donald (Detrimental) Robinson and Steve Easton for ...
DATE: Aug 24, 2013
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The Regiment is offering a $300 incentive payment for all qualified volunteers who sign up for, and complete, 2014 recruit training in a drive to increase the number of volunteer soldiers.
Volunteers must be aged 18 to 45, must not have been previous...
DATE: Aug 23, 2013
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Bermuda’s laws still allow people to be incarcerated for unpaid debt — something eliminated more than two centuries ago in the UK — but Attorney General Mark Pettingill insists Bermuda is “years beyond that”.
At the same time, he agreed that many of ...
DATE: Aug 23, 2013
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