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The number of National Training Board (NTB) apprentices studying at Bermuda College has dropped by about 18 percent in the last year, according to new figures. NTB chairman Herman Tucker told The Royal Gazette yesterday that there were 98 apprentices...
DATE: Nov 30, 2006
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A 14-year-old boy was attacked by two robbers who put him in a headlock and stole his laptop and I-Pod.
The teenager was walking along Rockaway Road, Southampton, near its junction with Sea Express Lane, when he was targeted on Tuesday, at about 4.55...
DATE: Nov 30, 2006
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A new $25 million rest home in St. George's needed such a big budget in order to replace an ageing and unsafe facility inherited by the PLP when it came to power in 1998, according to newly appointed Works and Engineering Minister Dennis Lister.
He h...
DATE: Nov 30, 2006
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Senators passed three bills to crack down on employers who fail to pay taxes and pension contributions yesterday.
Junior Finance Minister Kim Wilson told the Senate there was $27 million in outstanding taxes despite government units set up to recover...
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A hotel which became one of Hurricane Florence's biggest victims is almost back to peak condition following two months of repair work.
Up to $200,000 damage was caused when balcony roofs were ripped off three units at Surf Side Beach Club, in South S...
DATE: Nov 30, 2006
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Thieves stole a TV after breaking into a home while the occupant was away overseas.
The offenders targeted the property in Ord Road, Paget, at some point before 5.40 p.m. on Tuesday.
They stole a grey 18-inch Panasonic flat screen television and abou...
DATE: Nov 30, 2006
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For the first time in six years, the cover price of The Royal Gazette will increase tomorrow.
The increase, from 75 cents to 80 cents, is being effected to counter rising costs, especially in the price of newsprint and electricity, said Royal Gazette...
DATE: Nov 30, 2006
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A stash of cocaine discovered in auto parts flown into Bermuda had a street value of almost quarter of a million dollars, a jury has heard.
They also heard how courier firm DHL accidentally released a package to a customer that was part of the Police...
DATE: Nov 30, 2006
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International business leader David Ezekiel is to engage a team of top immigration lawyers to work out ways to stave off a threatened brain drain from six-year term limit policies.
He will fly to London at the weekend and the mission has the blessing...
DATE: Nov 30, 2006
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Education Minister Randy Horton pledged last night to improve technical education on the Island after telling a public meeting he was “not happy” with its current state.
The Minister made his comments from his seat in the audience at a well-attended ...
DATE: Nov 30, 2006
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