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United Bermuda Party MP John Barritt suggested Government is adding more bureaucracy with the newly named Ministry of Government Estates and Information Services.
Minister Neletha Butterfield is in charge of the Ministry, formerly called Public Infor...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Big Al Harris and Celeste Spencer Robinson were yesterday inducted into the Bermuda Music Hall of Fame.
The pair, renowned calypsonians of the 1930s, 40s and 50s, were saluted at a ceremony at Shine Hayward’s Music Studio, attended by Public Informat...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
There are three times as many part-time students as full-time at the Bermuda College, according to data released by the Education Minister.
Dame Jennifer Smith responded in the House of Assembly to parliamentary questions posed by Shadow Education M...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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Education
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Bermuda has recently garnered the attention of overseas media because of items sold in one of our supermarkets.
In the last week, both BBC Lincolnshire and the Leicester Mercury have run stories about Lincolnshire sausages and Pukka Pies being availa...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Democratic Alliance is calling for Bermuda Hospitals Board to ensure waiting times for locals don’t go up as a result of medical tourism.
Candidate Michael Branco said the BDA is keeping an open mind on the topic, and criticised Shadow He...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A 20-year-old man involved in a “crime spree” was jailed for two years after breaching his probation order.
Tyrone Pedro, of Fork Lane, Southampton, could be heard shouting loudly as he was taken into custody following an appearance before Magistrate...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Drug Court clients were this week commended by Justice Minister Michael Scott.
Mr Scott presented certificates to two who, on Wednesday, completed phases of the drug treatment programme.
One man kept drug-free for 20 months, with no infractions durin...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Elated families who won a Government housing lottery in 2005 finally got to celebrate properly at the weekend, when the first completed units at Harbour View Village were officially opened.
Premier Paula Cox and National Security Minister David Burch...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An award-winning teenaged sailor was killed in a road accident on Saturday night.
Vershon Simmons, 18, of Pembroke, died in King Edward VII Memorial Hospital after his motorcycle crashed with a car on Harbour Road, Paget, at 9.30pm.
Described as an i...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Less than 100 years ago, scores of black families were forcibly displaced from their homes in Tucker’s Town, on the grounds that the land was needed for tourism.
Yesterday, hundreds of people visited the same site and were asked to consider whether t...
DATE: Mar 07, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
