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The Island's best and brightest students will be rewarded with a free university education, the Progressive Labour Party has promised.
Education Minister Randy Horton told party supporters at Alaska Hall yesterday that Government scholarships would b...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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The Progressive Labour Party has promised to further bolster the Island's telecommunications sector should it be re-elected and to thwart the Isle of Man's claim on Bermuda's lucrative satellite allotment.
Since the early 1990s, Bermuda has been embr...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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Premier and Transport Minister Ewart Brown would be the first to admit that he's long held a dream of providing free rides on Bermuda's buses and ferries.
And yesterday the politician who holds Government's purse strings promised that it would become...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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Should the PLP form the next Government, Bermudians can expect funding for increased manpower in the Bermuda Police Service, apart of the party's commitment to law and order, their election manifesto touts.
And the PLP Government has cited its recent...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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International business in Bermuda and elsewhere is keeping an interested eye on the Island's political temperature and the possible outcomes of the December 18 general election.
A commentary in the UK-based Insurance Insider newsletter picks up on th...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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A 71-year-old man died yesterday after falling into the sea at Ordnance Island in St. George's.
Winslow (Bo) Minors, of Anchorage Road, St. George's, was sitting on a wall when the accident happened at about 6.15 p.m. on Saturday.
Police said that Mr...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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Environment Minister Neletha Butterfield has had to don her flak jacket over the past year in the wake of some controversial decisions, particularly the delisting of the Grade One 'Queen of the East' – which led some to call for her resignation, and ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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Housing, education, crime and seniors top the list of voter concerns — 22.5 percent pick housing as the main issue with 20.1 percent picking education, 11.9 percent pick crime and 6.2 percent plumping for seniors issues.
The cost of living is chosen ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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The Ministry of Works and Engineering would like to advise the motoring public of road work on Horseshoe Road and Camp Hill, Southampton, which started on Thursday.
The resurfacing is expected to take a maximum of four to six working weeks to complet...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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Agent Orange test results on soil samples from Kindley Air Force Base are finally set to be released — three months later than expected.
Government shipped batches to Canada in its investigation into claims the lethal defoliant was dumped and burned ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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Tim Smith
