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A new immigration appeals board is being planned as the current route to Cabinet has been ruled unconstitutional.
National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief has revealed plans for a new immigration appeals process that would ensure “justice is not ...
DATE: Jul 12, 2011
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If sailors and their crews are to be charged $250 to stay for three months then Bermuda has to make them feel welcome.
This is the view of Shadow National Security Minister Michael Dunkley who said the new Government charge would have to provide “goo...
DATE: Jul 12, 2011
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The Progressive Labour Party is holding onto first place in the polls despite public opinion sinking on the ruling party.
But the election race is now at its closest point since the December 2007 General Election, with the PLP just two percentage poi...
DATE: Jul 12, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda has been sent a wrong message that certain people can get away with assault, according to Senator Michael Dunkley.
He said he felt compelled to speak out after a man who pleaded guilty to assault causing grievous bodily harm, received a six-m...
DATE: Jul 12, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Restaurants are “lacking the Bermuda element” as overseas wait staff don’t offer the same friendly and welcoming service, according to Government backbencher Dennis Lister.
Mr Lister told the House of Assembly that tourists weren’t being encouraged t...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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The doom and gloom of the economic downturn has lead to a vast array of innovative opportunities, according to Business Development and Tourism Minister Patrice Minors.
Ms Minors told the House of Assembly that people were coming up with “existing, r...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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Tourism Minister Patrice Minors has sung the praises of sports tourism for attracting thousands of visitors to our shores.
Ms Minors said that despite working with a reduced budget, the Department of Tourism continues to support existing events, as ...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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Politics
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Out-of-work youngsters are to be asked to help spruce up Bermuda’s historic buildings in an attempt to move them off the wall and into jobs.
Plans for a new apprenticeship scheme to breathe life into some of the Island’s crumbling buildings were reve...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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Politics
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The unemployed are to be given jobs cleaning up the Railway Trail in the hope that it will encourage more Bermudians to consider future careers in landscaping.
The Department of Parks is to provide out-of-work men and women with the horticultural sk...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda is suffering its most difficult economic period in at least half a century, according to Opposition Senate Leader Michael Dunkley.
The One Bermuda Alliance politician, 53, told the Upper Chamber during a debate on poverty on Wednesday that he...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
