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Early risers were able to catch a spectacular light show over Bermuda yesterday when the skies were illuminated by a dramatic lightning display. Both sheet and forked lightning ripped through the heavens to the sound of low, ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2014
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Cherie Whitter has been appointed Deputy Head of the Civil Service, while the Ministry of Education and Economic Development has two new Permanent Secretaries.
Ms Whitter, a former Director of Tourism, was given the job on a temporary basis earlier t...
DATE: Apr 25, 2014
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Police called to a murder scene in which two people were shot unearthed drugs and wads of cash, as well as a number of bullets and shell casings at the property.
During the fourth day of the trial of Julian Washington yesterday, the jury heard eviden...
DATE: Apr 25, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
Panicked partygoers were forced to flee into the bathroom of a studio apartment after a gunmen burst into the dwelling firing shots into the crowd.
Father-of-one Stefan Burgess, 24, was killed in the melee, while a second guest, Davano Bremer, was sh...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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Murder victim Stefan Burgess was an “amazing” father who wanted to turn his life around following the birth of his daughter, a Supreme Court jury has been told.
Mr Burgess, 24, from Frog Lane, Devonshire, was gunned down while attending a birthday pa...
DATE: Apr 23, 2014
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Court
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Gareth Finighan
The Corporation of Hamilton has renewed its controversial contract with an overseas public relations consultancy at a cost of $100,000 to ratepayers.
The municipality initially recruited New York-based Marston Webb International on a short-term contr...
DATE: Apr 22, 2014
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Nearly half of residents believe the newly formed Bermuda Tourism Authority will be able to rejuvenate the struggling industry.
However, a proposal allowing visitors to rent cars has been overwhelmingly rejected, according to a survey commissioned by...
DATE: Apr 22, 2014
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Tourism
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Gareth Finighan
Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy has defended his call for the Corporation of Hamilton to desist from mounting legal challenges to Government’s authority, claiming that lawsuits are “an unnecessary waste of taxpayer’s money”.
But he added that he w...
DATE: Apr 22, 2014
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The Corporation of Hamilton will be shut down and replaced by a board of administrators if it continues to challenge Government’s authority through the courts.
And the threat looks likely to lead to a head-on collision between the municipality and Ho...
DATE: Apr 21, 2014
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Historic shipwrecks that dot Bermuda waters are one of the Island’s greatest assets, it has been claimed.
According to Custodian of Historic Wrecks Philippe Max Rouja, the wrecks and other historical connections are one of Bermuda’s unique features t...
DATE: Apr 19, 2014
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