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The Opposition has called for Health Minister Zane DeSilva to issue “a complete and unreserved apology” to One Bermuda Alliance seniors advocate Louise Jackson for accusing her of misinforming the public.
A Government letter to FutureCare clients dre...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Construction of the X-Ray Scanner on Hamilton’s docks is now 30 percent complete, according to Bermuda Customs, with the project now slated for completion this summer.
A Customs spokesman acknowledged that the X-Ray project, initially given an April,...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Human rights administration, the justice system and the way forward for Bermuda tourism will be among the topics debated by Bermuda’s legislators today.
Parliamentarians will also be asked to remove red tape for installing solar panels by approving t...
DATE: Feb 03, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Two unions have called emergency meetings tomorrow.
The Bermuda Industrial Union this afternoon put out a notice that it would hold “an urgent meeting for all government workers” tomorrow, Friday, February 3, at 10am at the Heritage Worship Centre, o...
DATE: Feb 02, 2012
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A 26-year-old was this morning charged with a machete attack outside the Leopard’s Club.
Ahijah Dill, of Laffan Street, Pembroke, was charged in Magistrates’ Court with wounding Miguel Swan with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and possessing a b...
DATE: Feb 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess and Attorney General Kim Wilson appeared unable to agree yesterday on whether there was ever an agreement for Government to benefit from $4 million in damages being sought in a private legal case.
Mr Burgess and former ...
DATE: Feb 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A police clerk who abused her position to cancel 79 parking tickets h as been jailed for a year.
Jahmeeka Wilson, 27, was originally fined $8,100 by a Magistrate after pleading guilty last year to official corruption and conspiring to defraud the Gov...
DATE: Feb 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A group of ‘fiery, orangey lights’ spotted in the night sky above Bermuda on Tuesday were most likely Chinese lanterns.
Eight of the lights were seen travelling from east to west by a number of witnesses in the area of Khyber Pass and Spice Hill, in ...
DATE: Feb 02, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Scott Neil
A town hall meeting debating the imminent National Budget heard a panel of Ministers hint at new initiatives for 2012.
These ranged from a likely increase in public transport fares predicted by Transport Minister Derrick Burgess, to Environment Minis...
DATE: Feb 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Police Service yesterday thanked the public for helping them locate two missing teens.
Both 17-year-old Santina Harvey and 15-year-old Ashley Mussenden were found safe and well.
DATE: Feb 02, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes