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The idea of a Tourism Authority reared its head again in parliament yesterday as Opposition members insisted it would do a better job at managing the industry.
Interim leader of the United Bermuda Party Kim Swan said that a Tourism Authority for Berm...
DATE: Mar 15, 2012
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A “Cinderella” gunman who got caught for a gang shooting after leaving his shoe at the scene has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.
Anwar Muhammad, 22, was convicted by a jury in January of attempting to murder teenager Princeton Burrows.
Mr Muham...
DATE: Mar 15, 2012
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Court
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Attorney Nadia Hamza will challenge PLP backbencher Dennis Lister for his Sandys North Central seat.
Mr Lister won the seat in 2008, earning 556 votes versus the 281 given to UBP candidate Donald Hassell.
OBA leader Craig Cannonier yesterday announce...
DATE: Mar 15, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
John Gibbons will represent the PLP in St George’s West at the next general election.
He will run against Kim Swan, elected as an MP for the United Bermuda Party, and Nandi Davis, another political newcomer who has set her sights on the seat in Const...
DATE: Mar 15, 2012
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Politics
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A gun that has been used in nine shootings has earned the men who used it 120 years jail between them.
Anwar Muhammad, 22, was the latest man imprisoned for using the 9mm Glock yesterday.
A judge locked him up for 25 years for using it to shoot and ...
DATE: Mar 15, 2012
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Court
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The media “misconstrued” comments he made regarding the United Bermuda Party's purchase of Global House, Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert claimed yesterday.
Mr Furbert said he had “suggested” that the 1987 Government “took money out t...
DATE: Mar 15, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Barrister Nadia Hamza was this afternoon unveiled as the One Bermuda Alliance general election candidate for Sandys North Central.
At a press conference she said: “As a child, I grew up in the neighbourhoods of Laurel Lane and West Side Road. It is f...
DATE: Mar 14, 2012
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Politics
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Two Meyer Company employees today admitted stealing almost $200,000 from their employer.
Stephen Paynter, 59, of Cove Valley Road, St George’s, and Debra Pacheco, 53, of Astwood Close, Pembroke, appeared before Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo.
The Crown ...
DATE: Mar 14, 2012
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Court
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Four school principals will be moved different schools, the Education Minister announced this morning.
Dame Jennifer Smith made a statement to MPs at the House of Assembly.
She said: “Mr Speaker, in reviewing the needs of the system and individuals, ...
DATE: Mar 14, 2012
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Education
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The Ministry of Finance has spent more than $3 million on consultants this fiscal year.
Figures provided by the Ministry in response to parliamentary questions put forward by Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards show that between April 1, 2011 and Fe...
DATE: Mar 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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