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Impaired man followed Police to help drunk friend who had been arrested
A Pembroke man who claimed he was going to the aid of his drunk friend was arrested after Police suspected he was drink-driving as well.
Armindo Ferreira, 24, of Parsons Road, p...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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Shadow Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley has blasted Government for riding roughshod over a binding tribunal on Police pay and has predicted it could spark sick-outs and a work to rule.
Mr. Dunkley pointed to a section in the Police Act which sa...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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Immigration Minister David Burch is urging Cabinet to introduce an English competency policy for guest workers after complaints about employees who can't communicate. And he also warned that Government would be coming after employers who harboured il...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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Work permit backlogs have been slashed since Government opted to return incomplete applications, Immigration Minister David Burch said yesterday.
He said since March, when he announced there were 4,000 applications on hold because of missing informat...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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Plans for more comprehensive healthcare coverage for seniors are well on track and the backlog for claims on Government's Health Insurance Plan (HIP) will be cleared next month, according to Health Minister Nelson Bascome.
Futurecare, which would pro...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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A US lawyer has spoken of his gratitude to the "wonderful, friendly and smart" people of Bermuda after being cleared of illegally importing firearms.
Gary Barket, 61, from Little Rock, Arkansas, faced a mandatory jail sentence of ten years if convict...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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Award winning actor LeVar Burton has been in Bermuda to direct the latest Tourism commercial.
Over the past three years, the Bermuda Department of Tourism (BDOT) has used a variety of advertising methods and campaigns to showcase Bermuda.
And accordi...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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Opposition Leader Kim Swan yesterday urged Auditor General Larry Dennis to expedite his investigation into faith-based tourism and declared: "Nothing adds up."
Mr. Swan says Premier Ewart Brown's responses to his Parliamentary questions on the contro...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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Tim Smith
Three months since officials at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital upgraded the CT Scanner from a 1-Slice to an 8-Slice, patient waiting time has been reduced and reports returned faster.
A CT Scanner is a x-ray machine that beams light from sever...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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Almost $10 million worth of drugs were seized in Bermuda last year prompting the Department of National Drug Control to join with the United Nations to launch a global campaign against drug abuse.
The figure, $9.5 million, is made up of 190 kilos of ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2008
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