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Bermuda Public Service Union boss Armell Thomas this afternoon slammed Government for increasing payroll tax by two percent claiming it will be difficult on workers and businesses.
Mr. Thomas, BPSU President, also questioned the status of an unemploy...
DATE: Mar 02, 2010
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Government's decision to raise rates for FutureCare users got a thumbs down from the head of an advocacy group for seniors.
Age Concern director Claudette Fleming yesterday said the organisation was "extremely disappointed" with the call.
In the 2010...
DATE: Mar 02, 2010
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Police have launched an investigation after the death of a 23-year-old woman this morning.
Just after 8 a.m., first responders were called to a house in Devonshire to treat Alshante Brangman. She was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, but wa...
DATE: Mar 02, 2010
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The Royal Gazette yesterday hit the streets of Hamilton to find out what residents think of the 2010 National Budget.
Most who talked to this newspaper focused on the two percent increase in payroll tax an initiative that Finance Minister Paula Cox s...
DATE: Mar 02, 2010
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Nigel Lythgoe, co-creator and judge on the megahit TV show 'So You Think You Can Dance', will host the National Dance Foundation's annual fund-raising gala next week.
Billed as a 'five-star evening', it will be held March 13 at the Fairmont Southampt...
DATE: Mar 02, 2010
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Finance Minister and Deputy Premier Paula Cox reiterated yesterday that she is just a "cog in the wheel" of Government after a leading businessman suggested that she was rather more than that.
Speaking in a question-and-answer session at yesterday's ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2010
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Jonathan Kent
Emergency room doctor Tiffany Keenan went to Haiti to tend to earthquake victims — and found herself running an airport.
The King Edward VII Memorial Hospital medic has just returned from five weeks in the Caribbean country, where she took charge of ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2010
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The Police need more Portuguese-speaking volunteers to interpret for people in trouble.
Their role would involve helping victims and witnesses alike who struggle to give information in English.
They would join a team encompassing a wide range of tran...
DATE: Mar 01, 2010
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Developers may have to incorporate energy efficiency and include crime prevention measures in the design of all new buildings.
The Bermuda Building Code is to be overhauled to encourage green technologies plus deterrents against criminal behaviour.
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DATE: Mar 01, 2010
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A witness has described how five teenagers set upon Kellon Hill armed with a knife, cane, screwdriver and motorcycle helmets.
Supreme Court heard the 18-year-old fought off the gang but later died from his stab wounds.
Tristan Martin, a 17-year-old w...
DATE: Mar 01, 2010
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