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Government would be "irresponsible" to swap Morgan's Point for Southlands until it knows exactly what development is planned for the site, Premier Ewart Brown said yesterday.
He told a press conference that the land exchange deal announced two years ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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The Ministry of Education was forced to slash $6 million from its budget only "a day or two" before the 2010/11 Budget was printed.
Education Minister El James informed MPs of the move in the House of Assembly yesterday.
He said the cuts were mostly ...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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Lisa Lister Currin has been appointed as the executive officer of the Human Rights Commission.
Ms Currin will be responsible for the management and administration of the HRC office and will provide an array of professional services to the Commissione...
DATE: Mar 16, 2010
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A burglar jailed for eight years for nine break-ins at shops and gas stations had his sentence halved by the Court of Appeal.
Shayne McRoy Smith, 46, pleaded guilty in January 2009 to raiding the Van Buren Shell gas station on two occasions, Empire G...
DATE: Mar 15, 2010
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The Regiment could be called in to help rebuild schools in Haiti that were destroyed by the earthquake in January.
Last week Premier Ewart Brown attended a CARICOM meeting where the future of Haiti and any help that can be given was discussed. The me...
DATE: Mar 15, 2010
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The mother of a teenager who ran off without paying a taxi fare complained when he was given a night-time curfew as part of his bail.
Gary Hollis, 17, and his friend Zharrin Simmons, 18, pleaded guilty on Friday to dodging the $32 fare home to Sandys...
DATE: Mar 15, 2010
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A tour boat captain who was jailed for two years for a brutal unprovoked street attack on a stranger has had his sentence reduced to 15 months.
The decision by the Court of Appeal means Kevin Fox could be released on parole as soon as this week, havi...
DATE: Mar 15, 2010
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Former United Bermuda Party MP Jamahl Simmons has been named as the Premier’s new press secretary.
Mr. Simmons, who stepped down in December as Ewart Brown’s executive aide, replaces Arnold Minors.
Dr. Brown told a lunchtime press conference that Mr....
DATE: Mar 15, 2010
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A 16-year-old boy was shot in the early hours of Saturday morning — the youngest person shot so far.
The shooting happened at 1.40 a.m. on the Bermuda College's premises. This newspaper understand it was on College Road, behind the gymnasium.
The War...
DATE: Mar 15, 2010
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The L.F. Wade International Airport's first class lounge will be refurbished by Rock Media.
Minister Derrick Burgess told the House of Assembly on Friday that the Department of Airport Operation had negotiated the deal.
He said: "To ensure the contin...
DATE: Mar 15, 2010
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