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Declaration comes as $100 million in supplementary budget estimates are presented to Parliament
By Ayo Johnson
Finance Minister Bob Richards tabled close to $100 million of supplementary budget estimates in the House of Assembly yesterday.
But the ne...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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Magistrate hits Pembroke man with $3,600 in fines for a series of traffic offences
By Ceola Wilson
A 36-year-old Pembroke man was fined $3,600 yesterday and disqualified from driving all vehicles for the next four years.
Devonne Calvin Simmons, 36, ...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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Bermuda will this week host an international workshop aimed at investigating and prosecuting transnational crime.
The 2013 Commonwealth Caribbean Regional Workshop is set to begin this morning at the Fairmont Hamilton.
The workshop will be attended b...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government is remaining tight-lipped on the financial status of a company headed up by Tourism Board chief David Dodwell that is reported to be massively in debt to Government.
Hotelier Mr Dodwell — a former United Bermuda Party Tourism Minster — is ...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government is to discuss the fate of the Uighurs with US and UK authorities, according to their lawyer.
The news comes as a Chinese Muslim jailed at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba with the four men, disappeared from the island of Palau in the Pacific and re-em...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A planned increase in the cost of travelling on public transport has stepped up a gear, with the tabling of two Bills in the House of Assembly.
The Omnibus and Ferry Services Fares Amendment Regulations raise some bus and ferry fares by around 25 per...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
House Speaker Randolph Horton has demanded that parliamentarians respect the rules regarding conduct during debates.
Mr Horton said he’d met with One Bermuda Alliance Public Works Minister Trevor Moniz, Opposition Leader Marc Bean and Deputy Leader o...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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Politics
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A rethink on the status of the municipalities is on the cards for the Opposition Progressive Labour Party.
As Government, the PLP pushed through what some considered radical reform of the municipalities. But there was always a school of thought which...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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Four men broke into a home and attacked its occupants during a burglary in Warwick on Tuesday night.
A 31-year-old was treated for his injuries at King Edward VII Memorial and released.
Police were called to the Camp Drive home around 11.20pm, a spok...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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Crime
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The cost of various marine services could increase by around five percent due to legislation tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday.
The Marine and Ports Authority (Port Dues) Amendment Regulations 2013 increases port dues by around five percent a...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
