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Eight weeks is not a long time to head a Ministry ? but Neletha Butterfield accepted with good grace yesterday her swift removal from Education.
Ms Butterfield, who founded an alternative learning centre in the basement of her home in 1983, now rever...
DATE: Oct 31, 2006
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Just eight weeks after becoming the first ex-union leader ever to head Ministry of Labour, Home Affairs and Public Safety, Derrick Burgess had some of his powers cut yesterday.
He lost the Public Safety aspect to David Burch as he now heads the newly...
DATE: Oct 31, 2006
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Davida Morris looked like she was bursting with pride as she walked towards Governor Sir John Vereker during yesterday?s swearing-in ceremony ? and justifiably so.
The 25-year-old addictions counsellor could well be the youngest Senator the Island ha...
DATE: Oct 31, 2006
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Given the ministerial merry-go-round of the last few weeks, maybe the Governor should consider drawing up some kind of fast track swearing-in ceremony.
Forget the long, drawn-out process of taking oaths and signing fancy sheets of paper before being ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2006
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Bold and confident it certainly is. But pundits looking at Ewart Brown?s new Cabinet will have noticed it has elements of incongruity as well as stability.
While the new Premier played safe by re-appointing his deputy Paula Cox as Finance Minister, t...
DATE: Oct 31, 2006
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Talk of a new water taxi shaped as a “bionic dolphin” coming to Bermuda appear to be premature or wishful thinking at the very least.
A report carried by major US news company CNN about a new bionic dolphin vehicle that can carry passengers through t...
DATE: Oct 31, 2006
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Nelson Bascome should certainly have no problems finding his way around the Health Ministry.
He left that role when Alex Scott took the reigns of Government in 2003, and recently complained publicly about being shunned by the former Premier’s regime....
DATE: Oct 31, 2006
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“Overwhelmed.” That was how new Senator Wayne Caines described his feelings as he contemplated his elevation to the Upper House which he said had come out of the blue.
Sen. Caines, 35, said he had experienced a tumultuous weekend in which he’d had to...
DATE: Oct 31, 2006
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A 29-year-old motorcyclist who crashed his bike into a traffic light was being held in custody last night on suspicion of drunk driving.
Police said the man lost control of his vehicle just after 1.30 a.m. yesterday on Crow Lane in Paget near the jun...
DATE: Oct 30, 2006
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Bermudian US Marine David Perinchief has a message for members of the US Military who go public with their criticisms of the US role in the conflict in Iraq: put up or shut up.
The 24-year old infantry squad leader has little patience for initiatives...
DATE: Oct 30, 2006
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