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A senior social worker appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday in connection with a charge of obtaining property through deception.
Kennette Robinson, who has worked as acting director of the Department of Child and Family Services, pleaded not guil...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Businesses could be adversely affected by an extended moratorium on work permits for certain jobs, according to the Chamber of Commerce.
President Stephen Todd said the three-month ban on foreign hiring for jobs such as skilled labourers, landscape ...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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The Island will become overwhelmed with social problems unless residents manage to connect with each other, a community group warned yesterday.
Members of Imagine Bermuda pledged to initiate a series of events before the end of summer to help the com...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The 9 Beaches development has hit another hurdle as today’s Senate meeting was postponed because Senators weren’t given their documents early enough.
Plans to lease public land at Daniel’s Head, Sandys, to developers IRC Sandys, for 240 years, have b...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Health Department is asking residents to have frank conversations about sex this week.
The idea is to make the public more aware during Sexual and Reproductive Health Awareness Week.
Senior medical officer Cheryl Peek-Ball said: “Parents should h...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former United Bermuda Party chairman Gwyneth Rawlins has dismissed suggestions she’s plotting to oust maverick Government MP Dale Butler from Warwick North East.
Mr Butler says he’s been told at least three Progressive Labour Party members, including...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Overseas health care accounts for the most significant area of increase to health costs on the Island and needs to be streamlined.
According to the National Health Plan 2011, released yesterday, money spent on overseas care has risen by 106 percent ...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A social inquiry report has been ordered for a 58-year-old man who admitted forging a cheque.
Dennis Landy, who gave his place of residence as the Harbour Lights Rehab Centre, said he altered the amount on a cheque because he was behind on his mortga...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Environmentalists are concerned that the special development order proposed for Tucker’s Point will be debated in Friday’s House of Assembly.
An anonymous ad has been placed in today’s newspaper calling on Bermudians to oppose the SDO.
The advertiser...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A member of Bermudians Against the Draft (BAD) witnessed soldiers being made to carry large logs and urinate into cans during his time in the Regiment, Supreme Court heard.
The allegations came as lawyer Eugene Johnston told Puisne Judge Norma Wade-M...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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