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Premier Paula Cox will deliver the National Budget Statement on February 11.
Few details about what the Budget will entail have been revealed although Premier Paula Cox vowed to cut Government spending by $150 million in the 2010 Throne Speech.
So f...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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The St. David's Islanders and Native Community have dedicated their 2011 pow wow to the memory of 49-year-old Alice Lopez, who died suddenly on New Year's Day.
A native American, Ms Lopez was honoured in a service at Barrs Park on January 18.
Chairma...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Unaddressed traumas such as physical and emotional abuse have been passed down from one generation to the next, causing some of the Island's social problems.
Community activist Gina Spence believes there could be hundreds of people who witnessed or ...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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A rush to build a new cruise ship pier for the 2009 season could have cost taxpayers $14 million, according to the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST).
The organisation said that much of the $30 million of cost overruns in the const...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s number of possible non-voters has shot up in the past three months, according to a new poll.
Just 64 percent of registered voters said they would be likely to vote in a general election in the survey by Mindmaps, down from 95 percent in the...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Electronics and cash have been stolen from a house in Warwick.
The Fairway Drive residence was broken into while unoccupied during the daytime on Monday.
Along with money, a 42in flat screen TV, laptop computer and PlayStation 3 game system with five...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A founding member of the Progressive Labour Party, Arnold Francis, passed away yesterday.
Mr Francis was the first Bermudian to be awarded the title Queen’s Counsel for his legal work in 1980.
He died at the age of 88.
Speaking on behalf of the famil...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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Politics
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Five men have been charged with attempting to bring $3.4 million of cannabis into Bermuda.
One of the accused is a son of Progressive Labour Party Senator Cromwell Shakir.
Senator Shakir could not be reached last night for comment.
The five appeared...
DATE: Jan 26, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Canadian woman who smuggled $48,750 worth of cocaine into Bermuda has been jailed for three years.
Kayla Nicol concealed the narcotics in condoms inside her body. The 22-year-old admitted to officials that she had them on her when she arrived at L...
DATE: Jan 25, 2011
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A Pembroke man was charged with gun and drug crimes today.
Jakai Harford, 28, was arrested on Saturday January 8 after Police raided a home in the St Monica's Road area of Pembroke and seized a loaded gun, cocaine, cannabis and cash.
This morning he ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2011
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