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Historian and community activist Dr Eva Hodgson has been named an Officer of the British Empire in the Queen's 2012 New Year's Honours List.
Dr Hodgson has frequently and consistently addressed the issue of racial divides on the Island, calling for d...
DATE: Dec 31, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Many businesspeople were hoping that 2011 would be the year when the economy finally kicked into recovery mode. It didn’t work out that way.
For most, it was another year of trying to do more with less, a continuing fight for survival. Job losses con...
DATE: Dec 31, 2011
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It loomed large on the front pages, the airwaves and in public and private debate: “SDO” seemed to be on everyone’s lips.
March saw the Special Development Order for Rosewood Tucker’s Point debated again and again, before the controversial proposal t...
DATE: Dec 31, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“He thought that showed I lacked confidence in him when I showed him it didn’t mean that. After the latest shooting I just wanted to be briefed firsthand by the Commissioner” Premier Paula Cox on the resignation of Senate Leader David Burch after sh...
DATE: Dec 31, 2011
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November 1: Reports surfaced that two Cabinet Ministers were being relieved of their ministerial duties. This followed hints from the Premier herself at the ruling party's annual delegates conference that she was about to “shake things up”.
November ...
DATE: Dec 31, 2011
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January 3: Bill and Jessica McClure welcomed daughter Sophie into the world at 5.28am, the first baby of the New Year.
January 3: After two weeks missing at sea, Bermudians Carlos Rogers and Kwesi Hollis were found 150 nautical miles southeast of Be...
DATE: Dec 31, 2011
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November was a month of political drama, as fresh faces entered the political fray, and Premier Paula Cox made sweeping changes to her Cabinet.
One Bermuda Alliance Leader won a landslide victory into Parliament at the Devonshire South Central by-ele...
DATE: Dec 31, 2011
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“The man had the nerve to bring second-hand doors from his house and put them in my house” Homeowner Andrew Smith testifies in the trial of Andre Curtis, accused of using cash earmarked for Government’s Faith-Based Tourism scheme, on personal expens...
DATE: Dec 31, 2011
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June 1: New One Bermuda Alliance senators Craig Cannonier, Michael Dunkley and Kathy Michelmore took their seats in the Upper Chamber. At the same session, Progressive Labour Party Senator Cromwell Shakir called for Bermuda to “evolve” the debate on ...
DATE: Dec 31, 2011
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Police promised a “strong, highly visible presence” over this holiday weekend, with more aggressive enforcement of laws against using a cell phone while driving in the coming year.
Noting that police had made several arrests on suspicion of drunk dri...
DATE: Dec 31, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
