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Progressive Labour Party chairman David Burt announced his resignation today, citing family and business reasons.
Mr. Burt, one of the youngest chairmen in the party’s history who was elected aged 27 in 2006, will step aside on October 22, he reveale...
DATE: Sep 15, 2009
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Government is looking at ways to ensure seniors not eligible for FutureCare can access affordable basic health care.
Since the first phase of FutureCare was implemented this year, two insurance companies have discontinued their basic health care plan...
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Police joined Marine and Ports staff in cleaning up a diesel spill in Hamilton Harbour yesterday.
The fuel spill was first spotted at 11 a.m.
A Bermuda Maritime Operations spokesman said: "The Marine Police attended alongside clean-up crews from the ...
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A search and rescue operation was underway last night after a man fell overboard from a cargo ship.
The 42-year-old, believed to be a Russian national, is a crew member aboard the Baltic Melody, a Liberian-registered vessel.
The 2,000 gross ton refri...
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Bermudians complain about the Police every day.
'Babylon', 'the Man' and 'po pos' are all terms that have been used to describe them.
But could you do their job? I doubt it.
Friday night, I hung out with the Roads Policing Unit to see what a typical ...
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FutureCare was touted as a health care system for all Bermudians over 65 and heralded as an answer to the ageing population's insurance nightmares in 2007.
Government has since scaled back the plan and implemented a phased approach, citing the econom...
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A man who shouted profanities at Police has been ordered to serve jail time.
Germiko Williams, 23, of Hillview Lane, in Warwick, was ordered to spend ten days in prison after yelling at Police 'F**k you all, you are all f*****g p***ies. You're dead' ...
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Environment Minister Glenn Blakeney has urged the public to ignore e-mails in circulation which warn people not to eat local fish.
At a press conference this afternoon Mr. Blakeney said: “If you are getting fish from reliable sources such as restaur...
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Two branch chairs are understood to have quit the United Bermuda Party yesterday in support of their MPs Shawn Crockwell and Mark Pettingill's bid to start a new party.
Departures from Mr. Crockwell's Pembroke West constituency — a UBP stronghold — a...
DATE: Sep 15, 2009
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A man alleged by prosecutors to be part of a guns-and-drugs conspiracy was simply a "homeless bum" and "neighbourhood lackey" who ran errands for people, his lawyer claimed yesterday.
Shade Subair made the claim while cross-examining Kershun Dublin, ...
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