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Two American Airlines flights arrived in Bermuda this morning from New York and Miami, after crosswinds and thunderstorms forced cancellations last night.
A spokesman at the Bermuda Weather Service confirmed that wind gusts of up to 35 knots last nig...
DATE: Mar 27, 2012
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Low-flying planes and unusual markings on the ground will be seen as an aerial survey of the Island takes place next month.
The Bermuda Mapping Project is hoped to provide accurate geological data of the Island.
Specialist survey aircraft will be use...
DATE: Mar 27, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
About 70 Department of Corrections staff complaining of continued Government inaction over security, health and safety issues marched on Cabinet this morning to present a statement of grievances to Premier Paula Cox and Justice Minister Kim Wilson.
A...
DATE: Mar 27, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Health Council has no plans to request individual patient information from the Island’s health insurers, the organisation clarified yesterday.
Doctors were concerned that new legislation passed last week could jeopardise patient privacy.
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DATE: Mar 27, 2012
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Health
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Shortfalls in police technology, some of which came up a recent evaluation by UK inspectors, are being tackled in this year’s Budget, the Senate heard.
And the Opposition suggested police publish lists of outstanding warrants, to cut down on a backlo...
DATE: Mar 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police have found a motorcycle they believe was used in a city centre shooting over the weekend and have conducted forensic tests.
Two windows in former Premier Sir John Swan’s office building Seon Place were shattered by stray bullets as two gunmen ...
DATE: Mar 27, 2012
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Crime
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Updates on Bermuda’s honey bees, chickens and carrots were shared with Senators during the debate on the budget for the Department of Environmental Protection.
There was good news for the bee population, which appears to be recovering from a deadly m...
DATE: Mar 27, 2012
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Politics
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Concerns over pot washers who were reportedly given short notice periods to quit their jobs were “largely manufactured in the media,” according to a Government Senator.
In August 2010, Government imposed a work permit moratorium for landscape gardene...
DATE: Mar 27, 2012
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Politics
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Government is seeking instructors to teach at the Island’s Cisco Academy when it opens.
An advertisement published in The Royal Gazette said the IT academy would launch this summer.
Instructors will undergo four weeks of intensive training starting i...
DATE: Mar 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former Government employee and his ex-girlfriend were jailed yesterday for laundering cash said to be from drug trafficking.
Omari Franklin, 34, was sentenced to five years after admitting laundering more than $63,000 between May 2007 and May 2010....
DATE: Mar 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
