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Government drew down all $200 million of a term loan it got from Butterfield Bank last May, financial statements issued by Auditor General Heather Jacobs Matthews and tabled in Parliament yesterday revealed.
In addition, Government upped its borrowin...
DATE: Feb 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Education reform was already “dead on arrival” by the time a bipartisan parliamentary committee began reviewing progress, Opposition MP Grant Gibbons claimed yesterday.
The Shadow Education Minister told the House of Assembly that the joint select co...
DATE: Feb 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Shadow Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell claimed last night that his counterpart in Government put a “gloss” and a “spin” this week on the 2011 visitor arrival figures.
Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert reported on Monday that Bermuda recorded the second...
DATE: Feb 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Campaigner Ronnie Viera says Government’s reversal of the controversial land licences rule is too late to restore his faith in the way it handles property laws.
Mr Viera remains angry that he was told to sell an investment property bought several yea...
DATE: Feb 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A trash collector who slapped a foul-mouthed schoolgirl after she insulted his job and his mother lost an appeal against a $2,000 fine.
Chief Justice Richard Ground said former Corporation of Hamilton worker Michael Pond “should have been able to tak...
DATE: Feb 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief yesterday defended Government’s handling of a controversial land policy in Parliament yesterday.
Mr Perinchief faced robust questioning from Opposition figures shortly after announcing the key changes.
But ...
DATE: Feb 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Russia-based S7 Airlines this month acquired its 30th Airbus aircraft all of which are registered in Bermuda.
Transport Minister Derrick Burgess yesterday announced that the Russian airline, which recently became a full member of the Oneworld Allianc...
DATE: Feb 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government spent nearly $276 million more than it took in revenues in the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011, according to accounts tabled today in the House of Assembly.
Current account expenses, which include non-cash items, were $1.27 billion. Curr...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Kent
A 22-year-old was fined $2,150 and banned from driving for a year after she pleaded guilty to a string of traffic offences.
Taliya Outerbridge crashed her motorcycle while impaired in a single-vehicle accident on November 20.
Appearing in Magistrates...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Dock manager Stevedoring Services is aiming to create a paperless port this year.
Paperwork will be eliminated, in favour of an automated process, when containers are collected from Hamilton Cargo Docks, said Stevedoring in a statement.
CEO Peter Ald...
DATE: Feb 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
