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A swift commitment from the new One Bermuda Alliance government to implement cuts across the Government fleet received a guarded welcome from the public yesterday.
Carpooling was suggested by the OBA when the party was in Opposition in response to fi...
DATE: Dec 22, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Barbadian was yesterday charged with smuggling around $178,000 of cocaine to Bermuda.
Dave Trotman, 39, appeared in Magistrates’ Court to face charges of importing a controlled substance, and possessing a controlled drug with intent to supply in an...
DATE: Dec 22, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Despite losing the general election, the Progressive Labour Party does appear to have scored some minor victories.
In three constituencies won by the PLP, the margin of victory increased even as voter turnout declined since the last election.
The MP ...
DATE: Dec 21, 2012
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Bermuda’s national drink, the Dark and Stormy, appears to have been poached to the Cayman Islands by the Cooking Channel.
According to popular wisdom, the mudslide is the actual native cocktail of Bermuda’s sister territory in the Caribbean — but the...
DATE: Dec 21, 2012
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A married couple charged last week with possessing cannabis with intent to supply, was back in Magistrates’ Court yesterday, having purchased one-way tickets to the United States.
Tracey and Robert MacRonald of Pigeon Rock Lane, Pembroke were arreste...
DATE: Dec 21, 2012
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Court
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The first One Bermuda Alliance Cabinet is a large one — 13 members, including Premier Craig Cannonier.
But Premier Cannonier said changes could be in the offing in a year and the Cabinet could be shrunk.
He also announced after the swearing-in at Gov...
DATE: Dec 21, 2012
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Politics
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An estimated 10,000 passengers have taken advantage of the Let Us Drive Campaign run by the Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse.
CADA started the campaign five years ago. The charity’s chairman Anthony Santucci yesterday issued the annual call for holi...
DATE: Dec 21, 2012
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Marsh IAS has donated $8,500 to four charities in Bermuda. Photographed (left to right) are: Martha Dismont, executive director at the Family Centre; David Ezekiel, chairman of Marsh IAS and chairman of Marsh’s Bermuda Charity Committee; John Hill, t...
DATE: Dec 21, 2012
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Fire ripped through Hamilton’s derelict Canadian Hotel, causing police to temporarily close off a block of Reid Street to motorists and pedestrians.
No one was injured in the blaze; the building’s owner Thomas Powell laid the blame on intruders.
Dela...
DATE: Dec 21, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Premier Craig Cannonier
A 49-year-old businessman raised in St David’s, Craig Cannonier studied at Towson State University in Baltimore, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in industrial psychology in 1986.
After returning to Bermuda, he wor...
DATE: Dec 21, 2012
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