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Editor Bill Zuill yesterday acknowledged that he erred in an editorial on Saturday when he stated that Premier Alex Scott had proposed that full- and part-time Ministers should all receive full-time salaries.
?is always happy to correct errors, and i...
DATE: Mar 07, 2006
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Police responded to a report that a man was on fire on Union Street yesterday evening at 6 p.m.
The 65-year-old man caught fire near the Bermuda Industrial Union, the flames were doused by a member of the public.
A Police spokesman said the origin of...
DATE: Mar 07, 2006
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Government is to shift the focus from competitive sport to general fitness in physical education classes to ensure students stay healthier longer.
But Education Minister Terry Lister stressed organised games would stay part of the curriculum.
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DATE: Mar 07, 2006
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Government backbencher Renee Webb yesterday launched a scathing attack on Bermuda?s public school system ? singling out teachers for the harshest criticism.
The outspoken former PLP minister gave a rousing speech on the ?disturbing? state of the Isla...
DATE: Mar 07, 2006
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Family members were still in shock yesterday reeling from the news that Alvin Eric Flood died in a road traffic accident on Saturday.
His niece, Angel Smith, spoke to on behalf of the family. She said her uncle was given the nickname ?Chalky? as a ch...
DATE: Mar 07, 2006
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The Department of Tourism is a primary sponsor for a US networking tour aimed at affluent African American women. The national tour will bring professional African American women together to mingle and relax while raising funds for victims of domesti...
DATE: Mar 07, 2006
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It is not the right moment for Bermuda to fall in line with other countries that have non-governmental tourism authorities to run their tourism efforts, Tourism Minister Ewart Brown told the House of Assembly on Friday.
Replying to calls from the Opp...
DATE: Mar 06, 2006
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A 21-year-old described as a "simple, humble country boy" who "likes to garden", was jailed on Friday for cultivating cannabis.
Defence layer, Mark Pettingill said his client Deon Sheldon Pitcher's was not a criminal despite his guilty plea to three ...
DATE: Mar 06, 2006
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Government has forked out nearly $15 million in consultancy fees since 2003, new figures reveal today.
Seven ministries have confirmed for the first time exactly how much taxpayers? cash they have spent on consultants? advice since July, 2003.
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DATE: Mar 06, 2006
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A repeat offender appeared in Supreme Court was sentenced to a year in prison on Friday for stealing a cycle and receiving another stolen cycle in September, 2004.
Troy O?Neil Robinson, 37, of Anchorage Lane has been in and out of Bermuda?s courts an...
DATE: Mar 06, 2006
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