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A five percent pay cut agreed by parliamentarians a year ago to appease angry unions has been ditched by the One Bermuda Alliance.
Premier Craig Cannonier insisted last night Government was “prohibited from opting to keep the reduced salaries” in pla...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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Sam Strangeways
Elected officials of the City of Hamilton charged ahead on their own when they set about inking deals for the waterfront redevelopment project.
Former Progressive Labour Party Ministers have told this newspaper that no decisions had been made on the ...
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Magistrate hits Pembroke man with $3,600 in fines for a series of traffic offences
By Ceola Wilson
A 36-year-old Pembroke man was fined $3,600 yesterday and disqualified from driving all vehicles for the next four years.
Devonne Calvin Simmons, 36, ...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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Bermuda will this week host an international workshop aimed at investigating and prosecuting transnational crime.
The 2013 Commonwealth Caribbean Regional Workshop is set to begin this morning at the Fairmont Hamilton.
The workshop will be attended b...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government is to discuss the fate of the Uighurs with US and UK authorities, according to their lawyer.
The news comes as a Chinese Muslim jailed at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba with the four men, disappeared from the island of Palau in the Pacific and re-em...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A planned increase in the cost of travelling on public transport has stepped up a gear, with the tabling of two Bills in the House of Assembly.
The Omnibus and Ferry Services Fares Amendment Regulations raise some bus and ferry fares by around 25 per...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
A rethink on the status of the municipalities is on the cards for the Opposition Progressive Labour Party.
As Government, the PLP pushed through what some considered radical reform of the municipalities. But there was always a school of thought which...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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The cost of various marine services could increase by around five percent due to legislation tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday.
The Marine and Ports Authority (Port Dues) Amendment Regulations 2013 increases port dues by around five percent a...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Extended construction work on the controversial Heritage Wharf at Dockyard has claimed its first cruise ship casualty.
Government last night confirmed that a scheduled April 29 visit by the Emerald Princess has been scuppered while work on the termin...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government plans for entrepreneurs to prosper are more a case of “business as usual” rather than business development, according to the Opposition.
During the four hours set aside for discussion of the budget for the Ministry of Economic Development,...
DATE: Mar 14, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
