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Minister of Works and Engineering Derrick Burgess said the cost of the new Police/Court building is "fully justified" despite going over budget by more than $20 million.
Mr. Burgess was speaking in the House of Assembly yesterday during his Ministry'...
DATE: Mar 20, 2010
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Cabbie robbed by gun-wielding man
A Sandys taxi driver was robbed by a man apparently wielding a gun after he was flagged down for a lift.
The incident happened at 10.30 p.m. on Thursday and according to Police, the 44-year-old taxi driver was workin...
DATE: Mar 20, 2010
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Cutting the Ministry of Education's budget by $6 million is not the right way forward, according to the Bermuda Public Services Union (BPSU).
BPSU general secretary Ed Ball Jr. said he thought the Ministry would have been the last to have a budget de...
DATE: Mar 19, 2010
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Civil servants are being encouraged to ditch their desks for the outdoors.
Head of the Civil Service, Kenneth Dill, wants Government staff to get fitter by taking part in this year's Catlin End to End. "I see it as an excellent opportunity to encoura...
DATE: Mar 19, 2010
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Pedestrian, motorcyclist injured in road crash
A 10-year-old pedestrian and 17-year-old rider of a motorcycle were taken to hospital via ambulance after a collision yesterday morning.
Police attended the scene, near Warwick Post Office, around 7.30 a...
DATE: Mar 19, 2010
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Minister of Environment and Sports, Glenn Blakeney, angered the Opposition after using the entire two hours allotted for his Ministry's Budget debate – preventing any response.
Cole Simons, Shadow Environment Minister and UBP Whip, expressed the Unit...
DATE: Mar 19, 2010
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There is no truth to E-mails currently circulating that say residents are exempt from paying stamp duty on their primary family homestead, the Government warned today,
The advisory was issued after the discovery of several unauthorised and “misleadin...
DATE: Mar 19, 2010
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Bermuda has concluded negotiations on a tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) with South Africa.
The announcement came in a ministerial statement in the House of Assembly this morning by Finance Minister Paula Cox.
The agreement will allow Bermud...
DATE: Mar 19, 2010
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Former United Bermuda Party Leader Wayne Furbert will today cross the floor of the House of Assembly to join his old rival the Progressive Labour Party.
But a frosty welcome for the long-serving politician appeared in store from some backbenchers spe...
DATE: Mar 19, 2010
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Tim Smith
Below is the full text of the speech made by Wayne Furbert in the House of Assembly this morning. The former United Bermuda Party leader today formally joined his old rival, the Progressive Labour Party.
I am Who I am
Mr. Speaker, I stand this mornin...
DATE: Mar 19, 2010
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