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An improved postal service for Bermuda: that's the aim of a new act passed by the House of Assembly yesterday.
If it gets the green light from Senators, regulations could soon require all buildings to have accessible private post boxes. There could a...
DATE: Dec 11, 2008
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Police attended three reported burglaries on Tuesday with burglars stealing cash, jewellery and a flat screen TV. This first incident took place at a Parsonage Lane, Sandys parish home.
Around 4.45 p.m. Police went to the residence where the complain...
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A national apprenticeship scheme is to get underway in the New Year as Government draws up a legislative framework for employer-apprentice contracts.
Minister of Labour, Home Affairs and Housing, David Burch, said the National Training Board (NTB) wi...
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Senators have passed an Act into law requiring vehicles to undergo emissions testing.
The Motor Car Amendment (No. 4) Act 2008 gained cross-party support in the Senate yesterday.
The Act outsources car inspections from the Transport Control Departmen...
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Sean Pitcher is the new chairman of the United Bermuda Party after winning handsomely against Terry West, Kirby Brackstone and David Sullivan in a vote by more than 100 party colleagues on Tuesday night.
Mr. Pitcher said he intends to drive through a...
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XL Capital Ltd.'s share price plunged 33 percent yesterday after a report that the Bermuda-based insurance giant is putting itself up for sale.
The Bloomberg business news agency reported that XL, which employs around 280 people at its Bermuda headqu...
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The United Bermuda Party can still be a catalyst for change but it is shackled by its past, former leader Wayne Furbert told Parliament yesterday as he cut ties with the party.
Mr. Furbert, who resigned as a UBP MP on Monday night to sit as an indepe...
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A bill was passed in the House of Assembly yesterday allowing optometrists to diagnose and prescribe drugs to patients, a role traditionally held by opthomologists.
Health Minister Nelson Bascome read The Optometrists and Opticians Act 2008 which als...
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A Canadian national was yesterday charged with importation and possession with intent to supply 2000 grams of the recreational drug ketamine, popularly known as 'Special K'.
Crown Counsel Bret Webber told a six men, six women jury in Supreme Court th...
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Police warn the public on harbouring a fugitive
The Police have issued a renewed appeal for help to find suspected gunman Omari Gordon.
The 26-year-old has been on the run since allegedly shooting at Police following a chase across the back of town i...
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