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Anti-conscription campaigner Larry Marshall Sr has questioned Government’s commitment to end conscription, saying the Throne Speech contained “merely repackaged promises lacking both substance and detail”.
Mr Marshall pointed out that on the same day...
DATE: Nov 07, 2012
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Politics
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The Bermuda flag will fly next to those of other British Overseas Territories on all state occasions in the UK.
Welcoming the occasion was Minister for the Overseas Territories Mark Simmonds MP, as the flags flew in Parliament Square during the visit...
DATE: Nov 06, 2012
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Politics
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The Salvation Army has welcomed the news it could finally get a new homeless shelter.
The organisation is now in negotiations for “a long lease for nominal rent of a Government property”, it was announced in the Throne Speech.
A location for the resi...
DATE: Nov 06, 2012
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Politics
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Top travel specialists from North America visited the Island to gain first-hand experience of the Bermuda product.
Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert said the trip was “part of a strategy to raise awareness and increase leisure travel business”.
“The bes...
DATE: Nov 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Police arrested three people on suspicion of impaired driving over the weekend, including an early morning arrest on Sunday.
A 29-year-old Pembroke man who was seen driving erratically by officers on mobile patrol on Front Street was arrested and det...
DATE: Nov 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Constituents of Pembroke South East, district 21, will now have just three candidates to choose from in the coming General Election.
Winfield (Chuck) Simpson has decided to drop out of the race he dropped into just a few weeks ago.
Mr Simpson told Th...
DATE: Nov 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Ed Bailey and Glen Smith have been confirmed as One Bermuda Alliance election candidates.
The OBA’s revamped website lists Mr Bailey as running in district 34, Sandys South Central, while Mr Smith will face off against Premier Paula Cox in district 1...
DATE: Nov 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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An article about war veterans in yesterday’s paper incorrectly quoted Carol Everson as saying that Government had not provided benefits and pensions for veterans and widows as required under the The Pensions and Gratuities (War Service) Amendment Act...
DATE: Nov 06, 2012
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Other
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Alternative schools are in for greater Government supervision, but the Opposition is asking why steps weren't taken years earlier.
Shadow Education Minister Grant Gibbons said there were 25 tutorial sites three years ago, none of which held an operat...
DATE: Nov 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
US cruise visitors who’d booked a ten-day Caribbean tour had to settle for a day-and-a-half in Bermuda after Hurricane Sandy upended plans for the Norwegian Gem.
Rather than cancelling outright, the ship opted to moor at Dockyard on Sunday, setting s...
DATE: Nov 06, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
