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More than 250 men visited Elliott Primary to take part in an initiative helping children learn to read.
Cabinet Ministers Zane DeSilva, Glenn Blakeney and Michael Weeks, and Government MP Dale Butler, were among those who called at the school for the...
DATE: Jun 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A burglar who broke into a hotel room and fought a tourist had his sentence more than doubled in a Supreme Court appeal.
Stanley Davis, 46, had been sentenced to 12-months imprisonment for the 2010 incident, but Chief Justice Ian Kawaley found that t...
DATE: Jun 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The National Tourism Plan will be tabled in the House of Assembly today, according to Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert.
The plan, which has been developed over the last five months, is said to lay the groundwork for Bermuda’s tourism strategy over the ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Long-serving MP Cole Simons was yesterday unveiled as the One Bermuda Alliance’s general election candidate for Smith’s South.
Mr Simons, who has represented the constituency for the Opposition since 1998, told the media his party has the values to b...
DATE: Jun 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The $48 million cocaine haul found in the Janis Zegelis case was the second largest in Bermuda’s history.
The trial heard the 166 kilograms of cocaine found on Zegelis’s yacht, the Arturs, was second only to the 586 kilograms discovered on the boat O...
DATE: Jun 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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The legal challenge to Government’s contested decision to shift two well-liked school principals to different schools will be settled in open court over the summer.
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley announced the move at a hearing yesterday.
Parents marched ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An injunction was granted preventing unionised KFC employees from being forced into accepting less favourable work terms.
BIU President Chris Furbert issued a press release announcing the injunction yesterday following a hearing before Chief Justice ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The controversial political career of Derrick Burgess — selected highlights
n February 1998: Bermuda Industrial Union president Derrick Burgess becomes Progressive Labour Party MP for Hamilton East in a by-election.
n April 2000: Mr Burgess accuses ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Walter Roban returned to Cabinet yesterday, less than seven months after he resigned amid accusations of corruption.
Mr Roban stepped into the Transport Ministry vacated by Derrick Burgess, who quit on Wednesday night following reports of a physical ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Walter Roban was elected Progressive Labour Party MP for Pembroke East in the December 2007 general election.
He had previously served as a Government senator between 2003 and 2006, where he held the junior ministerial portfolios of Health and Famil...
DATE: Jun 08, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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