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Public figures this week expressed guarded optimism about the make up of the newly announced Cabinet.
While the Bermuda Teachers Union, said they were pleased to see someone with experience taking the Education portfolio, Environmentalist Stuart...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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New Tourism Minister Patrice Minors intends to review all of the contracts the Department of Tourism has with private companies — and she may scrap the Love Festival.The Royal Gazette that she "most definitely" planned to look at the value for mo...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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Defeated leadership candidate Dale Butler will focus on his constituency after bemoaning the "voice of the little man" was rejected at last Thursday night's Progressive Labour Party election.
Mr. Butler, who also missed out on a place in Cabinet, thr...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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Former PLP chairman David Burt and community activist Cromwell Shakir have said they are ready to take on their new roles as Government senators.
Premier Paula Cox selected the pair for the Upper House, along with BIU executive secretary LaVerne Furb...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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Men need to develop their own wellness plans, according to the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre's education officer Rhonda Smith-Simmons.
She was speaking yesterday at the Hamilton Rotary Club on men's health and as part of the Centre's "Movember" mo...
DATE: Nov 03, 2010
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Fugitive Omari Gordon was yesterday sentenced to ten years behind bars after firing a single gunshot as he was chased by Police in Pembroke.
Gordon, 28, from Roberts Avenue, Devonshire, admitted to unlawfully discharging a firearm in public on Novemb...
DATE: Nov 02, 2010
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The five female Ministers in Premier Paula Cox's new Cabinet hold all the key portfolios, according to former PLP politician Renee Webb.
She told The Royal Gazette yesterday she was delighted to see so many hard-working women in the 13-strong team as...
DATE: Nov 02, 2010
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Sam Strangeways
New Minister without Portfolio Michael Weeks yesterday called his post "a dream" that would allow him to focus on helping people.
The former youth worker said he felt "humbled, appreciative and very elated" to get the call from Premier Paula Cox.
He ...
DATE: Nov 02, 2010
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Police have heralded the lengthy sentences meted out to two gunmen yesterday.
Anthony Swan, 22, received 12 years behind bars for shooting at gangster Raymond (Yankee) Rawlins on Court Street, in December 2009.
And Omari Gordon, 28, was sentenced to ...
DATE: Nov 02, 2010
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A young man who shot at Raymond (Yankee) Rawlins in broad daylight on Court Street is today beginning a 12-year jail sentence.
Anthony Levon Swan, 22, targeted gangland kingpin Mr. Rawlins as part of the deadly rivalry between the Parkside and 42 gan...
DATE: Nov 02, 2010
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