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Bermuda's booming construction sector faces virtual shut down in a matter of weeks with hundreds of lay-offs and potential bankruptcy for small businesses.
With no one in place to operate the Dockyard twin silo plant beyond the end of this year and n...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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Lack of transparency, "arrogance" and "doublespeak" – these are just some of the accusations levelled at Government following a spate of Special Development Orders and controversial planning decisions.
Over the past 18 months, environmentalists have ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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A Devonshire man admitted to possession of cannabis when he appeared in Magistrates' Court on Friday.
Saun Burrows, 25, of Hermitage Close, pleaded guilty to having 1.44 grams of cannabis in his possession.
The court heard from Crown counsel Takiyah ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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The tenth annual Boat Parade drew 44 entrants and thousands of spectators who lined Front Street and around Hamilton Harbour on Saturday night.
Organisers say this year saw an increase in terms of entrants from last year and doubled support from spon...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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A woman caught driving her motorcycle without headlights was arrested on suspicion of drink-driving on Wednesday.
The 27-year-old, from Pembroke, was stopped at 11.45 p.m. after Police saw her driving with no lights and her helmet unfastened.
A Polic...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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The Island's best and brightest students will be rewarded with a free university education, the Progressive Labour Party has promised.
Education Minister Randy Horton told party supporters at Alaska Hall yesterday that Government scholarships would b...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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These are the the United Bermuda Party's platform promises:
"An aggressive Save Open Spaces programme to preserve our precious environment". The fund will be seeded with $10 million from Government and contributions from "developers, companies and in...
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And Alaska Hall was decked in green yesterday as a raft of pledges were made by the Progressive Labour Party leadership.
One couldn't help noticing the striking technological ambience that filled the room; video cameras, flat-screen TVs and the stage...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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A young man led into a life of crime by his drug-addict parents was spared from prison despite being convicted of knife possession on Friday.
Puisne Justice Carlisle Greaves sympathised with Marekco Ratteray over his rocky upbringing, and said he wan...
DATE: Dec 10, 2007
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The Progressive Labour Party yesterday said it would construct meaningful and realistic solutions for the problem of global warming.
In partnership with the private sector, the PLP manifesto said it would consider ways to assess the energy efficiency...
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