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Civil servants must change their mindset from one in which they believe they ?cannot be fired? to one in which they are held accountable, a senior civil servant said last night.
And Assistant Cabinet Secretary Kenneth Dill revealed that talks are und...
DATE: Aug 09, 2006
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A lightning strike destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of court equipment during a ferocious storm.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons revealed in Supreme Court One yesterday that the strike on Tuesday, July 25 may have taken out as much ...
DATE: Aug 09, 2006
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A Pembroke man has become the first person in Bermuda to be convicted on indictment of aggravated vehicle taking.
When he appeared in the Supreme Court, Marcel Rubaine, 28, admitted taking a car without the permission of its owner, driving it in a da...
DATE: Aug 09, 2006
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A blaze that destroyed part of a Somerset apartment is being investigated as a possible arson attack.
It took firefighters almost half an hour to extinguish the flames in a bedroom of the home in Scott?s Hill Road on Monday night.
Fire Service spokes...
DATE: Aug 09, 2006
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Taxi drivers who have failed to install a new mandatory satellite navigation system in their cabs are being ordered to stop taking fares.
Cabbies had until midnight on Sunday to get the GPS tracking device put in their taxis ? and those that haven?t ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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Cabbies are still divided over whether the GPS tracking system Government legislated be included in all taxis is a positive development.
While some drivers told yesterday GPS has been a waste of money, others still hope the system will improve servic...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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Government?s own draft Sustainable Development Strategy provides proof that Government has failed to address the housing crisis since it took power in 1998, an Opposition Senator has claimed.
Opposition Senate Leader Kim Swan said the report containe...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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Bermuda?s consumers were hit hard in the wallet in June when the annual rate of inflation surged by 3.7 percent due to high increases in rents and fuel and power costs.
The Department of Statistics said yesterday the Consumer Price index (CPI) regist...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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Geography may seem like an unusual reason to fight, especially in a 22-square-mile Island, however, to those involved in the dispute between ?town? and ?country? it is all very real. talked to a 26-year-old black man who understands youth culture in ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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Spot fines for marine offences
Police are warning they now have the power to issue on-the-spot fines to anyone who commits a marine offence such as speeding on the water, littering or not having a valid boating licence.
New laws have come into force ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2006
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