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Young Bermudians enjoyed the opportunity of a lifetime to dance with Hollywood superstar Catherine Zeta-Jones on Saturday.
The 14 youngsters joined the actress for a song and tap number from the Broadway musical 'Mack and Mabel' during the National D...
DATE: Feb 23, 2009
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The Ministry of Justice is to install video conferencing technology throughout Bermuda's courts and prison system to provide "virtual visitation for inmates".
Attorney General and Minister for Justice Senator Kim Wilson announced the initiative as pa...
DATE: Feb 23, 2009
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Government's salary bill has jumped more than $60 million in two years.
An estimated $343 million will go on salaries in 2009/10, up from $339 million last year and $283 million the year before — an increase of $60.4 million or 21.3 percent since 200...
DATE: Feb 23, 2009
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Her only son was gunned down in a cold-blooded assassination the day after Christmas. Then she had to cope with callous comments about him in the aftermath of his death.
In this exclusive interview, Aquil Richardson's mom Shahidah Abdur-Rahim explain...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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Government has set aside $10 million to implement its FutureCare programme, which will be in place for some seniors within six weeks.
Health Minister Nelson Bascome yesterday said the initiative, to be phased in because of the economic crisis, would ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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Two men convicted of murdering Aquil Richardson in an execution-style shooting are today starting life prison sentences.
Antoine Anderson and brother-in-law Philip Bradshaw were found guilty by the unanimous verdict of a Supreme Court jury after almo...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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Government is allocating $500,000 towards the take-up of domestic renewable energy on the Island.
In her Budget speech, Deputy Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox announced the sum would "create incentives to encourage the use of small-scale alter...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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Finance Minister Paula Cox plans to raise the Government borrowing limit to $1 billion to have the necessary tools to deal with a worst-case scenario for the economy.
In her Budget statement yesterday, Ms Cox said the 82 percent increase in the publi...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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Some of the numbers from this year's Budget:
-$6,307,000
Government's current account deficit – the first in living memory.
$637,717,000
Government's projected net debt for 2009-10.
$29,700,000
The amount Government will pay on interest on its debt t...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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Government has "bet the farm" on a short recession and raided the coffers that could be needed to deal with a lengthier downturn, Shadow Finance Minister Bob Richards said yesterday.
Responding to Finance Minister Paula Cox's Budget statement, the Un...
DATE: Feb 21, 2009
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AUTHOR:
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