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This is the full text of the Speech from the Throne read by Governor George Fergusson in the Cabinet grounds yesterday.
Madam President and Members of the Senate, Mr Speaker and Members of the House of Assembly, Bermuda, like many other countries, ...
DATE: Nov 03, 2012
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A free symposium offering parents the chance to learn essential skills to help bring up their children takes place at the Dellwood Middle School today.
The Ministry of Youth, Families and Sports, Department of Child and Family Services, and the Bermu...
DATE: Nov 03, 2012
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Daylight Savings Time ends tomorrow. Residents are reminded to move clocks backward one hour before going to bed tonight. Daylight Savings Time officially ends at 2am Sunday, November 4.
DATE: Nov 03, 2012
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Bermuda is looking for investment from the oil-rich states of the Arabian Gulf in the Island’s infrastructure and hotels.
Yesterday’s Throne Speech described Government’s intention to attract “business, capital and visitors” from the Gulf Cooperation...
DATE: Nov 03, 2012
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A legal loophole that allowed child molesters aged 21 and under to claim a special defence related to their age will be closed by Government.
The relevant section of the Criminal Code will be reworded to specify that the defence is now only available...
DATE: Nov 03, 2012
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A new complaints authority to hear gripes about judges and a committee to advise the Governor on appointing them are on the Government agenda, according to the Speech from the Throne.
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley called for those measures in April, shor...
DATE: Nov 03, 2012
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The Throne Speech lacked specific details about tackling the debt issue, according to the Chamber of Commerce.
This afternoon the Chamber President Ronnie Viera issued a brief statement in response to the 2012 Throne Speech.
“The Chamber welcomes an...
DATE: Nov 02, 2012
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Attached in a PDF document is the full text of the Speech from the Throne. delivered today by Governor George Fergusson at the Cabinet Office.
DATE: Nov 02, 2012
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Seniors struggling to pay their medical fees, anti-conscription campaigners and pro-human rights groups were among the winners of Government’s Throne Speech delivered today.
The speech — the Progressive Labour Party’s final Throne Speech before the n...
DATE: Nov 02, 2012
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Tim Smith
Government intends to create three new Economic Empowerment Zones (EEZs) in Pembroke, Economy Minister Patrice Minors announced yesterday.
Among the new proposed EEZs are:
l The Middletown EEZ between Happy Valley Road and Parsons Road,
l The Northe...
DATE: Nov 02, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
