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Transportation Minister Terry Lister yesterday increased the limit of the Motor Insurance Fund, making more money available to the victims of hit-and-runs for treatment.
The fund, first established in 1990, is designed to help members of the public w...
DATE: Feb 10, 2011
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The Uighurs will not be eligible for UK passports “at least for the next several years” according to a US State Department cable.
The cable was one of 68 regarding Bermuda held by whistleblowing website WikiLeaks.
It referenced a meeting between US E...
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The Regiment is “evolving” and “modernising” and is not the abusive environment described by Bermudians Against the Draft, a Government lawyer told Supreme Court.
Crown counsel Shakira Dill was answering allegations from the campaign group earlier th...
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Bus services ground to a halt yesterday afternoon as drivers clashed with the Department of Public Transportation over the firing of a veteran driver.
The worker was reportedly fired because he called in sick from driving the bus, but worked a shift ...
DATE: Feb 10, 2011
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Business Bermuda has been stepping up its efforts to boost the involvement of the Island's re/insurance industry in the Middle East.
Jason Bibb, the chief operating officer of new Island company CATco Investment Management Ltd, representing Business ...
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Three people are being held by police in connection with the fatal shooting of Colford Ferguson.
Mr Ferguson, a 29-year-old construction worker, was killed in a daylight shooting at a house at the junction of Somerset Road and East Shore Road.
A Poli...
DATE: Feb 10, 2011
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Bermuda-based reinsurer Endurance Specialty Holdngs today reported net income of $111.2 million and $2.09 per diluted common share for the fourth quarter of 2010, a decline of 28 percent from the $154.8 million and $2.56 per diluted common share rec...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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The Uighurs will not be eligible for UK passports “at least for the next several years” according to a leaked US State Department cable.
The cable, one of 68 relating to Bermuda held by whistle-blowing website Wikileaks, referenced a meeting between ...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg could be forced to sign out before leaving town.
Mr Bloomberg came under fire for holidaying in Bermuda during a catastrophic winter storm back home.
Delays in declaring a snow emergency during the Christmas blizzard...
DATE: Feb 09, 2011
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Businesses could be adversely affected by an extended moratorium on work permits for certain jobs, according to the Chamber of Commerce.
President Stephen Todd said the three-month ban on foreign hiring for jobs such as skilled labourers, landscape ...
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