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Government’s top accountant has still not returned to work after being placed on administrative leave more than three months ago.
Accountant General Joyce Hayward was ordered to remain away from her office at the beginning of December 2012.
Yesterda...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Eight positions will be made redundant by Bermuda Hospitals Board before the end of this month.
The move brings the total number of jobs axed by BHB to nine for the present fiscal year.
Since some staff are expected to be redeployed, the exact number...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Pembroke teenager charged with possession of a loaded firearm took the stand in Supreme Court yesterday, claiming he was unaware that the weapon was hidden just yards from a nightclub he had visited.
Dameko Dublin, 19, was arrested in January 2012 ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A group of Bermuda schoolchildren yesterday visited the United Nations headquarters in New York.
The trip to the two-day convention was organised by the Global Arts Foundation. The children witnessed UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon make an opening ...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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Just over 200 students are expected to visit Bermuda for the four weeks of Spring Break 2013.
An estimated 40 college students flew to the Island for the first week of events on February 16, Department of Tourism officials stated.
A further 100 Sprin...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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House Speaker Randolph Horton will continue to look for ways to enhance the independence of the offices of the Auditor General, the Ombudsman and the Parliamentary Registrar, despite a sound rejection of his preferred solution in parliament on Wednes...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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Politics
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Former Premier Alex Scott cheered Government’s announcement of another step toward delivering Public Access to Information in Bermuda.
Nearly ten years on from his initiation of PATI under the Progressive Labour Party, Mr Scott said he was “encourage...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Budgetary allocations for the Home Affairs Ministry do not reflect the new Government’s promise to get tough on employers who violate work permit policy, according to Shadow Home Affairs Minister Walter Roban.
Mr Roban is also claiming that Governmen...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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Reggae legend Beres Hammond will kick off a concert tour of North America in Bermuda later this year, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The prolific Jamaican singer/songwriter is scheduled to perform here on July 31 with a full entourage that includes ba...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
PRIDE hopes to expand its presence in schools after 3.4 percent of students confessed to having an alcoholic drink in the past 30 days.
The anti-drug charity labelled that statistic, and another that revealed nearly four percent of pupils had used in...
DATE: Mar 08, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes