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With seniors awaiting a 4.5 percent pension increase later this month, Finance Minister Paula Cox has announced a turnaround in the fortunes of the fund that will pay it out.
A report on the Contributory Pension Fund as at August 2005 was finalised i...
DATE: Aug 14, 2007
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Government refused to comment yesterday on why planning permission for staff housing was removed as a condition of the Southlands Special Development Order.
Developers Southlands Ltd. applied for the ten-storey accommodation block last year, on the s...
DATE: Aug 14, 2007
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Public Safety Minister David Burch says he has been in discussions with Government House over changes to operational policing which could be brought to the Island.
Sen. Burch revealed the move as he repeated his call for the Governor to do more to he...
DATE: Aug 14, 2007
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The Island's young people can benefit immensely from Government's Summer Employment Programme (SEP) because of the versatility gained through real work experience, a Government Senator has heartened.
Senator Davida Morris championed the scheme on Fri...
DATE: Aug 13, 2007
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Bermuda was celebrating last night after Tiger Woods booked his place in the Island's Grand Slam of Golf. The superstar won a dramatic PGA Championship in Oklahoma yesterday, meaning he qualifies for the showpiece event at the Mid Ocean Club in Octob...
DATE: Aug 13, 2007
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The newly elected president of the Pembroke Rotary Club said increasing membership is his top priority.
Donato Sgobba assumed the role June 26 at the yearly handover meeting but officially became the president July 1.
Mr. Sgobba was born in the South...
DATE: Aug 13, 2007
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Marylee Watson's change of diet helped her shed 70 pounds in just a few months. Here's what she used to eat in a typical day:
Breakfast: Fried eggs, bacon, sausage, toast
Snacks through the morning: Chips and soda
Lunch: Hamburger and fries or fried ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2007
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Four drunk drivers caught over a three-week period of July were banned from the road for a year and fined $1,000 in Magistrate's Court.
Stevan Bremar, Charles Doyle, Troy Laws and Vincent Lightbourne all pleaded guilty last week in Magistrate's Court...
DATE: Aug 13, 2007
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Two households fell victim to burglars over the weekend.
At 5 p.m. on Friday, Police received a report from a resident of Daisyfield Drive, Sandys. The victim said the culprit struck while her home was unoccupied some time between 7.15 a.m. and 5 p.m...
DATE: Aug 13, 2007
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Bermuda's distribution of wealth remains top-heavy in favour of whites and the attitudes of some white Bermudians reflect a commitment to white supremacy, a race expert has claimed.
American Professor Robert Jensen, co-facilitator of Government's Ber...
DATE: Aug 13, 2007
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