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The Victor Scott Parent Teacher Association President has promised to fight to keep the school’s principal following an announced shake-up.
The organisation plans to hold a meeting tonight to discuss its doubts about Government’s decisions to move pr...
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government and the Opposition traded blows over health insurance legislation, accusing one another of political posturing.
Both sides agreed in principle to the intent of the legislation to remove up-front payments to healthcare providers.
The Health...
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Food retailers faced tough questions from consumers demanding to know why costs continue to rise.
The consensus from the Price Control Commission: make educated choices.
“Fixed price margins”, rather than price controls, are likely to emerge from the...
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A quarter of the jobs in the Attorney General’s Chambers are vacant, including the posts of Solicitor General and Deputy Solicitor General.
The news came as former Attorney General Phil Perinchief, 67, said he’s contemplating legal action over his re...
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Two men have been arrested in connection with an armed robbery, police said this afternoon.
Armed robbers targeted a Hamilton Parish home, stealing personal items and a motorcycle in one of two firearms incidents on Monday.
At around 10.30pm, two arm...
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former Works and Engineering manager accused of using Government money to get his private home renovated faced questions from a judge about whether suggestions he put to Crown witnesses were relevant.
Kyril Burrows is defending himself in the case....
DATE: Mar 21, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Two men - brandishing guns - robbed a home in Hamilton Parish last night, police said this afternoon.
It is the third armed robbery in as many weeks - an armed man escaped with cash from Serpentine Liquors last week and a woman and her two children w...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A truck driver was caught for his role in a cannabis importation plot after taking a pallet the drugs arrived in from the airport without permission, a prosecutor alleged.
James Walker, 51, is accused of plotting with others who are not before the co...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Government needs to create an independent risk management division to help prevent spending millions annually in insurance premiums, according to Shadow Estates Minister Cole Simons.
“Over the past three years the Bermuda Government has paid in exces...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Economy Minister Patrice Minors has given assurances the business community will make the new Job Corps programme a success.
The Opposition had expressed concern at Government’s plan for private companies to help fund the scheme giving career opportu...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
