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Christmas shopping was the worst since 2001 as the General Election appeared to stop people spending.
According to the latest retail sales index, last December shoppers spent an estimated $110 million, just 0.7 percent above 2006.
The report said: “T...
DATE: Feb 11, 2008
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Shadow Health Minister Louise Jackson has questioned Government plans for emergency care centres while renovations to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital have yet to begin.
Mrs. Jackson asked the Speaker of the House of Assembly: "Have you seen any...
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A barrister has called for more community beat officers to tackle the Island's growing drugs problem.
Mark Pettingill, Opposition MP for Warwick West, used his inaugural speech in the House of Assembly to raise concern about the rise in hard drug use...
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Cyclist in critical condition
Police are appealing for witnesses after a 21-year-old Warwick man was involved in a serious road accident. The man remains in critical condition.
Police were called to Middle Road in Warwick, near the junction of Keith ...
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Despite what some people in certain Government departments might think, Arlene Brock isn't an ogre.
But any public bodies who think the Ombudsman is going to ease off from ruffling feathers in her quest for greater accountability have got another tho...
DATE: Feb 11, 2008
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Education Minister Randy Horton has outlined the restructuring of his Ministry following recommendations in the Hopkins Report.
The Review of the Public Education System by UK Professor David Hopkins and his team called for "a thorough reconfiguratio...
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Mr. Gary L. Phillips is the new chairman of the Bermuda National Gallery (BNG). His appointment, unanimously approved at a meeting of the trustees earlier this week, comes after five years as the gallery's deputy chairman. He succeeds Mr. David L. Wh...
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With work permit term limits, a chronic skills shortage and the controversial Workforce Equity Act to contend with, new Bermuda Employers Council president Graham Redford certainly has his work cut out for him.
But he hopes roundtable talks with Gove...
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A dental technician who imported more than $1.2 million-worth of cannabis has been jailed for ten years.
David James Phillipson, 61, concealed dozens of packages in his luggage when he flew in from New York last July. He was caught red-handed during ...
DATE: Feb 09, 2008
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Opposition Leader Kim Swan yesterday urged Government to lead by example and introduce a public access to information law swiftly.
The new United Bermuda Party Leader's response to last week's Throne Speech put great emphasis on the importance of tra...
DATE: Feb 09, 2008
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