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Government Senator LaVerne Furbert threatened legal action against The Royal Gazette for what she described as an “irresponsible” decision to publish a letter to the editor.
The letter, entitled “Senator’s divisive thinking” ran in yesterday’s editio...
DATE: Dec 16, 2010
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The Senate agreed to increase fees for captive and domestic insurers yesterday.
Amendments to the Bermuda Monetary Authority Act will also impose financial penalties on those companies who are late paying their fees and enable the BMA to recover unpa...
DATE: Dec 16, 2010
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Hundreds of voters and possibly one candidate are expected to be missing from the polling station at the Warwick South Central by-election today.
Devrae Noel-Simmons, of the United Bermuda Party, was last night recovering from surgery to remove his a...
DATE: Dec 15, 2010
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Bermuda’s Census 2010 has been revived, with the Department of Statistics launching ‘Census Phase II’.
A legislative amendment proposed by Premier Paula Cox in the House of Assembly last month allowed for an extension of this year’s census.
The cens...
DATE: Dec 15, 2010
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government fast ferry Resolute has accumulated over $150,000 in unscheduled maintenance and repairs costs in the past eight years, announced Transport Minister Terry Lister yesterday.
The unscheduled costs went towards removing and replacing two mai...
DATE: Dec 14, 2010
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The Bermuda Democratic Alliance said it still believes Government will not meet revenue projections for the fiscal year.
Last week, Premier and Finance Minister Paula Cox said Government had collected $446 million in revenue between April and Septemb...
DATE: Dec 14, 2010
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United Bermuda Party candidate Devrae Noel-Simmons is in hospital with appendicitis after being taken ill 24 hours before the Warwick South Central by-election.
Mr Noel-Simmons is to undergo surgery tonight, leaving a question mark over his availabil...
DATE: Dec 14, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
It is “unfair” to promise families lottery homes in St David's and then dash their “hopes and plans” to move in before Christmas, said Shadow National Security Minister Michael Dunkley yesterday.
The Opposition Senator said he was disappointed to he...
DATE: Dec 14, 2010
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Senator Suzann Roberts-Holshouser was this morning unveiled as the United Bermuda Party's General Election candidate for St George's South.
The former St David's MP pledged to fight for social issues, particularly the welfare of women and children, i...
DATE: Dec 14, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Repairs by Public Works staff to a wall owned by former Premier Ewart Brown became a topic of argument in the House of Assembly.
During the House's Motion to Adjourn yesterday, Opposition MP Grant Gibbons questioned why a wall, on Dr Brown's Smith's ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2010
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
