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A debate on Bermuda’s drugs laws could take place soon as Government presses forward with plans to adjust punishments for certain substances, according to Attorney General Kim Wilson.
And Senator Wilson said she has directed cautioning guidelines be ...
DATE: May 18, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Three local vendors have won Government’s tyre contract in a move saving taxpayers $170,000, Premier Paula Cox revealed yesterday.
The Procurement Office reached out to companies who may have been unaware that the contract had been put out to tender,...
DATE: May 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government is setting up a $500,000 retraining scholarship fund at Bermuda College to help people into jobs currently held by expatriates.
The initiative will target Bermudians struggling to find work despite their experience in accounting, informati...
DATE: May 17, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Government Whip Lovitta Foggo is leading an all-female delegation for a parliamentary conference in Jamaica.
The Bermuda branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association is in Kingston for the 50th year of the island’s independence.
Ms Foggo, the...
DATE: May 16, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The United Bermuda Party is calling on Government to establish covenants that will ensure that the replacement housing at Ireland Island will always be for lower income families.
The call comes in the wake of Public Works Minister Michael Weeks’ anno...
DATE: May 14, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The Proceeds of Crime Amendment Act 2012 passed with little fanfare yesterday, but not before a series of questions on the cash for gold exchange in Bermuda.
National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief who piloted the Bill through the House of Assemb...
DATE: May 12, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Work on new housing units to replace the Victoria and Albert Row will begin this summer, according to Public Works Minister Michael Weeks.
Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Mr Weeks said that phase one of the project, 45 housing units to be b...
DATE: May 12, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Lawmakers are slated to debate just one piece of legislation today — the Proceeds of Crime Amendment Act, 2012, which would give the authorities the power to seize ill-gotten gains derived from the illicit drug trade.
The new law would clear the lega...
DATE: May 11, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Ruling party backbencher Randy Horton was yesterday rolled out as the party’s election candidate for Southampton West.
Premier Paula Cox described Mr Horton as a “drum major for social justice and equity” and a good team player.
Mr Horton first enter...
DATE: May 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Internal wrangling at the Progressive Labour Party over Leroy Bean’s general election candidacy continued on Monday night with a lengthy and heated discussion at a meeting of the party’s Central Committee, The Royal Gazette has learned.
The meeting a...
DATE: May 09, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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