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The need for economic diversification and improved infrastructure are among the key challenges inhibiting economic development of Britain’s overseas territories.
So states an analysis of submissions to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office by the colon...
DATE: Mar 14, 2012
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Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert announced a new initiative yesterday that will see live images of Bermuda beamed across the US on the CBS Early Show.
Describing the move as an ‘unprecedented opportunity’ the minister said the live inserts will also fe...
DATE: Mar 14, 2012
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Tourism
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Bermuda’s citizens will have the right to know by the end of this year and if anyone is able to help them understand why that matters, it is surely Heather Brooke.
The UK-based activist and journalist has spent the last seven years requesting informa...
DATE: Mar 14, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The jury in a fraud trial spent most of yesterday observing paperwork showing how a construction firm was paid after allegedly renovating a private home with hundreds of thousands of taxpayers’ dollars.
Construction boss John White was repeatedly ask...
DATE: Mar 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Industrial action has ended at Riddell’s Bay Golf and Country Club after the dismissal of a staff member was sent to arbitration.
Colleagues protested outside the club on Wednesday and Thursday last week, following the termination of food and beverag...
DATE: Mar 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A 39-year-old caught growing cannabis in a home recording studio was handed a suspended sentence in Magistrates’ Court.
Police found four cannabis plants and five seedlings in a concealed room David Cunningham created at his Smith’s home.
Crown couns...
DATE: Mar 14, 2012
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Court
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Dennis Tucker will be Alderman for the City of Hamilton, following today's nomination in which no other contender for the post was nominated.
The first municipal election to be held under universal adult franchise was set for March 29, with advanced...
DATE: Mar 13, 2012
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Mainstream US TV channel CBS is to showcase Bermuda’s weather during its Early Morning show.
At a press conference this afternoon, Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert said: “We are about to undertake what I believe is an unprecedented opportunity. Never b...
DATE: Mar 13, 2012
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A law change enabling a standard 25 percent duty rate to be charged on goods imported for personal use was introduced in the House of Assembly by Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox.
The Island’s courier companies hit out at the move when it was f...
DATE: Mar 13, 2012
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Budget
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Government employees will be able to tap into their pensions early if they encounter financial hardships such as rent arrears or medical expenses from April 1 onwards.
Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox introduced the changes to the Public Servic...
DATE: Mar 13, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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