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The Bermuda Red Cross has raised more than $1 million for Haiti following the devastating earthquake that struck the impoverished nation two months ago. According to the charity's director, Ann Spencer-Arscott, a total of $1,025,938.52 has been contr...
DATE: Mar 18, 2010
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Premier Ewart Brown was defeated in a heated House of Assembly vote last night, after two backbenchers condemned his bill entitling Deputy Premier Paula Cox to a pay rise.
Randy Horton and Wayne Perinchief both spoke out against the legislation, whic...
DATE: Mar 18, 2010
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Affordable housing promised five years ago will be ready by September, according to the Junior Minister of Housing.
Walter Roban told the House of Assembly that lottery winners who were awarded the Harbour View Village homes in 2005 will have complet...
DATE: Mar 18, 2010
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Labour Minister David Burch yesterday hit back at Opposition claims that his invitation to Bermudians to attend a locals-only meeting on work permit term limits was "divisive and inflammatory".
Senator Burch asked Islanders working in international b...
DATE: Mar 18, 2010
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Former United Bermuda Party Leader Wayne Furbert is tomorrow set to join the Progressive Labour Party, according to sources in the PLP.
Mr. Furbert — an Independent MP since quitting the UBP in December 2008 citing frustration at its failure to refor...
DATE: Mar 18, 2010
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Developers offer hoardings to student artists
Middle school students will get the chance to show off their artistic flair on large canvases in the city.
Developers of the former Waterloo House location, the Green family and Berco Ltd are offering the...
DATE: Mar 18, 2010
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A Canadian national who stole almost $150,000 worth of prizes from a distribution company was sentenced to 18 months behind bars.
Marc Paul Breithaupt was employed at BGA (Bermuda General Agency) as manager of the Proctor and Gamble line of products ...
DATE: Mar 18, 2010
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Premier Ewart Brown's new press secretary is being paid about $30,000 a year less than his predecessors.
Jamahl Simmons told The Royal Gazette he was receiving an annual salary of $71,110 for the full-time job, which is publicly funded but a politica...
DATE: Mar 18, 2010
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Gaming would be welcomed by hotels in Bermuda, according to John Harvey, the CEO of the Bermuda Hotel Association who revealed that a company chose the Bahamas ahead of the Island for a group business meeting - because it does not offer gambling.
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DATE: Mar 18, 2010
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Bermuda's gangs are becoming structured, organised and better at the drugs business they're in, politician and lawyer Mark Pettingill warned yesterday.
Addressing the budget debate in the House of Assembly, he said he was glad to see funding increase...
DATE: Mar 18, 2010
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