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The Post Office has transformed its performance following new rules forcing people to have their mailboxes properly numbered and labelled.
Junior Economy Minister Ashfield DeVent said 92 percent of all mail is now delivered within two working days up...
DATE: Mar 21, 2011
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Politics
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United Bermuda Party leader Kim Swan fears Government will have to pay for damages after handing out an improper licence for private jet services at the airport.
Sovereign Flight Support was given permission to provide services in 2007 but it later e...
DATE: Mar 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Junior Environment Minister David Burt told the Senate of Government’s sympathy for descendants of families who were forcibly removed from Tucker’s Town in the 1920s.
However Senator Burt argued it’s now Government’s job to look after the people of t...
DATE: Mar 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The financial statements for the Ministers and Senators pension fund are four years out of date.
Yesterday the 2007 statement for the fund was tabled, it stated there were $7.28 million in net assets available for benefits.
This was up $560,000 from...
DATE: Mar 19, 2011
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Politics
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Workers injured on the job will get more compensation under legislation passed in the House of Assembly yesterday.
The amendment to the law increases the amount payable from a maximum of $170 a week to two-thirds of a person’s earnings at the time th...
DATE: Mar 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Progressive Labour Party last night dramatically halted the Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO debate with Senate President Carol Ann Bassett seemingly set to cast the deciding vote.
Independent Senators Walwyn Hughes and Joan Dillas-Wright had both ind...
DATE: Mar 19, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
MPs are today expected to discuss plans to boost business in St George’s and Somerset with Economic Empowerment Zones. The proposals which include areas such as the town of St George in the East and Mangrove Road in the West are intended to help smal...
DATE: Mar 18, 2011
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Politics
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Ministers should take a pay cut to lead by example during the recession, according to Opposition Senate Leader Jeanne Atherden.
The Shadow Economy, Trade and Industry Minister also claimed yesterday that Bermuda had become “uncompetitive” as a financ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Cabinet Ministers David Burch and Kim Wilson yesterday paid tribute in the Senate to a former MP and “lady of labour” who died on Sunday.
Senator Burch described union activist Barbara Ball as a “fearless icon of this Country’s labour movement” and a...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda Democratic Alliance members remain split on their amalgamation with the United Bermuda Party as discussions between the two parties continue.
Many BDA members particularly those not previously in the UBP are said to want further assurances th...
DATE: Mar 17, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
