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The police/court building will be fully constructed by December 31 and officially open around a month later, Works Minister Derrick Burgess said yesterday.
Mr Burgess said the cost of the project to be named after former Progressive Labour Party lead...
DATE: Dec 04, 2010
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Politics
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Once crippled by obesity, 14-year-old Kjeld Steede is now fighting fit.
At the age of ten and on the brink of diabetes, he weighed nearly 200 pounds and suffered from dangerously high blood pressure.
But a 2006 trip to Dockyard aboard the Bermuda Slo...
DATE: Dec 04, 2010
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Health
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Last year's dramatic shrinkage of the Bermuda economy output was as broad as it was deep, impacting all business sectors.Bars and restaurants saw their output fall by $21.5 million, or nine percent, in 2009, as fewer people ventured out during th...
DATE: Dec 04, 2010
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Bermuda's economic output shrank by 8.1 percent in real terms last year a dramatically worse recession than Government forecasts had anticipated.
The news that the Island's 2009 gross domestic product (GDP) slumped by 5.8 percent or 8.1 percent after...
DATE: Dec 04, 2010
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Politics
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Government spent over half a million dollars on lobbyists in Washington last year, according to newly available federal records.
The news prompted the Opposition to question whether Bermuda is getting value for money.
Some of the cash, $116,666.69, w...
DATE: Dec 04, 2010
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Politics
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An international business leader yesterday made a call for public and private sector collaboration to address the Island's economic difficulties.The combination of the threat of potentially harmful changes in US tax rules and a rising cost of doi...
DATE: Dec 04, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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Bermuda's economic output shrank by 8.1 percent in real terms last year a dramatically worse recession than Government forecasts had anticipated.
The news that the Island's 2009 gross domestic product (GDP) slumped by 5.8 percent or 8.1 percent after...
DATE: Dec 04, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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“We each have a special role to play in life. Please don't doubt yours.”The occasion was marked with songs, poetry and rousing speeches on how Bermuda needs to become a more inclusive society.
That was the message to those suffering physical and ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2010
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Legislation to double the maximum lease of former baselands property was unanimously approved yesterday in the House of Assembly.
However, Shadow Education Minister Dr Grant Gibbons expressed concern that legal issues could arise, with the properties...
DATE: Dec 04, 2010
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Politics
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Mixed-status couples applying for their first home have priority for land licences and have gotten them in under eight weeks in all recorded cases.
Other licence applications for Bermudians married to non-Bermudians may have taken longer due to a “ba...
DATE: Dec 03, 2010
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