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The loss of 1,700 Bermudian jobs in the last five years is part of a demographic trend, revealed Finance Minister Paula Cox, which will see the local workforce decline by 8,000 in the next 36 years.
She said Bermudian workers will decline from 40,000...
DATE: Feb 18, 2006
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Government?s Budget for the coming year was in line with expectations ? a jump in revenues last year meant that the wish of business leaders for no significant tax increases was granted.
At the same time, there was some concern from the business comm...
DATE: Feb 18, 2006
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A Supreme Court judge yesterday launched a scathing attack on what she termed Bermuda's inability to successfully treat and rehabilitate drug-addicted criminals.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons suggested offenders' human rights were being breached ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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Firefighters brace for heat of competition
Firefighters from Bermuda - including race king Jay Donawa - are travelling to Hong Kong to take part in an international contest.
A 32-strong group from the Island set off on Tuesday for the biennial World ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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Premier Alex Scott reportedly stirred up controversy in the Cayman Islands by asking its government to pay for his extended stay there next week.
Radio Cayman reported last night that Caymans? ruling People?s Progressive Movement (PPM) party was accu...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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Major William White will become the new Commanding Officer of the Bermuda Regiment later this year, it was announced yesterday.
Major White, who is currently Training Officer, takes over from Lieutenant Colonel Edward Lamb who has spent three years a...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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Bermuda's fight against the threat of bird flu has begun.
Wild chickens in St. David's and Spittal Pond are being culled as part of a pilot programme. Environment Minister Neletha Butterfield said the two areas were known to have large feral chicken ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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Our objective is to build a strong economy and a fair society where there is opportunity and security for all. Our goal is to make the economy work for the people of Bermuda - consumers and business alike in a way that operates fairly and that benefi...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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A homeless man accused of attempted murder has been remanded in custody.
Dekimo Terek Martin, 20, of no fixed abode, is charged with the attempted murder of Dennis Kent Simmons on July 15, 2004, in Pembroke. Martin is also charged with stealing a han...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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One of the key challenges Major White will face in his new role as Commanding Officer will be tackling the criticisms of the Regiment raised during a recent review.
British Army officials were left unimpressed with the Regiment?s chain of command, tr...
DATE: Feb 17, 2006
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