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Bermuda has a backlog of up to 5,000 family law files in the Magistrates' Court and cases are too often not properly heard or determined, a seminar was told yesterday.
British judge Christopher Barnett QC revealed the figure — uncovered by a recent r...
DATE: Mar 11, 2010
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Health Minister Walter Roban announced yesterday the Department of Health reduced its budget by $98,000.
In the House of Assembly Minister Roban said $32.46 million out of a total health budget of $181 million had been allocated for the Department of...
DATE: Mar 11, 2010
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Plans to let people access their private pension funds won the backing of the Opposition last night after it emerged the legislation only applies to residents suffering extreme financial hardship.
Finance Minister Paula Cox said the National Pension ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2010
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The Regiment could be called in to help rebuild some of Haiti’s shattered infrastructure, it emerged this morning.
Premier Ewart Brown is currently at a CARICOM meeting where the future of Haiti, which was hit by a massive earthquake, and any help th...
DATE: Mar 11, 2010
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Sections of Bull's Head car park will be closed for maintenance beginning on Friday, the Corporation of Hamilton has announced.
It is anticipated the work will last a few months.
Secretary Ed Benevides said: "Routine maintenance on Bull's Head will b...
DATE: Mar 11, 2010
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A woman car driver who left two brothers with multiple fractures when she knocked them off their motorbike has been handed a suspended sentence and driving ban.
Lynell Bettyann Blind pleaded guilty to injuring Michael Deponte, 21, and Jason Deponte, ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2010
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British Prosecutor Rory Field has been reappointed to serve as Bermuda's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) for three years.
Mr. Field joined the DPP in July 2007 after fighting off more than 50 applications for the position previously held by Vi...
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International business leader David Ezekiel yesterday repeated his strong concerns at the payroll tax increases which got the backing of MPs on Monday night.
"We believe that these additional expenses are not good for Bermuda business, and therefore ...
DATE: Mar 10, 2010
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A former national cricketer accused of attacking a man with a stun gun had the charge dismissed yesterday.
George O'Brien Jr. was told he was free to leave Magistrates' Court after Crown counsel Takiyah Burgess offered no evidence against him.
The 24...
DATE: Mar 10, 2010
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A full breakdown of the terms and conditions of an Atlanta-based construction firm paid more than $1 million in consultancy fees by Government since 2008 was deferred in the House of Assembly on Monday.
The Opposition filed Parliamentary Questions in...
DATE: Mar 10, 2010
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