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Former Government Minister Nelson Bascome saw his scheduled theft trial delayed until April during a brief appearance at Magistrates' Court on Monday.
Mr. Bascome denies the allegation that he stole $56,000 entrusted to him by the Bank of Bermuda for...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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The Progressive Labour Party is championing a health watchdog as a history-making step forward for Bermuda — weeks after health bosses including the Premier and Health Minister apparently discussed abandoning it at a secret meeting.
Bermuda Health Co...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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Wendell Hollis was a Second Lieutenant in the Bermuda Regiment and assigned to lead a platoon of men into the middle of the riots. Yesterday, for the first time he gave a detailed account of his memories.
His platoon was first ordered to guard Belco,...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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A Bermuda Red Cross appeal for the 1.2 million victims of the Bangladesh cyclone has brought in $11,000 in donations.
The funds will provide relief to people made homeless in the disaster, in the form of food, clothes, clean water, sanitation, health...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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Shadow Environment Minister Cole Simons has attacked Government's pledge to sign the Kyoto Protocol — claiming the Island is not in a position to execute the agreement.
Mr. Simons said the Protocol was executed on behalf of Bermuda and the rest of th...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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The Voters Rights Association has called for a Voters Bill of Rights.
In a press statement yesterday, it listed what it claims are absent rights in Bermuda including "the right to a predictable election date, the right to vote through a fair absentee...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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Employees at Bermuda Broadcasting Company walked out yesterday alleging poor working conditions - less than six months after walking out over the same thing.
Yesterday at noon, employees staged a sick-out and the news went off air. They are reportedl...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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The United Bermuda Party yesterday expanded on its "three strikes and you're out programme," explaining it would mean mandatory prison term extensions for the third serious offence.
However, Progressive Labour Party Minister David Burch yesterday dis...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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Auditor General Larry Dennis has threatened to sue Labour and Immigration Minister Derrick Burgess for libel.
He has instructed his lawyer Alan Dunch to act over comments Mr. Burgess made at a PLP rally last week, in which the Minister accused Mr. De...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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Bermuda is marking its first International Volunteer Day today as simultaneous events take place around the globe.
December 5 was declared International Volunteer Day (IVD) by the United Nations General Assembly in 1985. It is a day in which voluntee...
DATE: Dec 05, 2007
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