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The Premier's four day trip to India cost $37,000 but he believes the benefits will far out weigh the costs.
In the House of Assembly last night Premier Ewart Brown said it cost $37,040 for his executive aide and him to attend last month's trip to In...
DATE: Feb 20, 2010
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The Bermuda Stock Exchange (BSX) plunged to its lowest level in nearly a decade yesterday, as Butterfield Bank shares fell more than nine percent.
The Royal Gazette / BSX Index fell 4.6 percent in yesterday's trading to close on 1,919.01 points — its...
DATE: Feb 20, 2010
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Taxpayers’ cash was blown at Victoria’s Secret and other shops as more than $20 million of National Drug Commission funds was spent with no accountability, according to the Auditor General.
Ninety credit card transactions – totalling $13,000 – were d...
DATE: Feb 20, 2010
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Volunteers are needed today to organise clothing ready for shipment to Haiti.
Following Style Bermuda/Capital G Bank's successful Haiti clothing drive, people are now needed to sort and pack a container full of clothes.
The community donated more tha...
DATE: Feb 20, 2010
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Taxpayers will now pay an additional $13.3 million for the new Magistrates' Court and Hamilton Police Station building which will now cost $91.3 million dollars.
In November, Works and Engineering Minister Derrick Burgess said the project would be co...
DATE: Feb 20, 2010
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MP's passed a law giving Police powers to confiscate hoodies, disperse groups hanging out and conduct longer stop and searches.
The Criminal Code Amendment Act 2010 will also give Police powers to remove teenagers under 17 who are in known "hang out"...
DATE: Feb 20, 2010
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Long-standing plans to give MPs a salary hike will be deferred again today, The Royal Gazette understands.
But Premier Ewart Brown is said to be ready to table legislation giving part-time Minister and Deputy Premier Paula Cox a $50,000 rise to take ...
DATE: Feb 19, 2010
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A leading Anglican hopes more can be done to protect the Lane School, the first school for black children on the Island after emancipation in 1834.
The Ministry of the Environment last week announced its listing as a grade three building. Such a list...
DATE: Feb 19, 2010
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Bermuda will accept patients from Haiti, but officials are not sure when or in what capacity.
Last week the Premier's Press Secretary Arnold Minors issued a press release stating that the US Consul General had requested help with relocating Haitian p...
DATE: Feb 19, 2010
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Youth development was the theme of a United Nations sustainable development conference in the Caribbean.
Culture and Social Rehabilitation Minister Neletha Butterfield attended the forum in Kingston, Jamaica, on behalf of the Premier.
This year has b...
DATE: Feb 19, 2010
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