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Officials promise to clamp down on illegally placed signs following a proliferation of outdoor signage and a surge in complaints about “visual pollution”.
And Planning bosses have also issued guidelines regarding outdoor advertising in a bid to cut d...
DATE: Apr 01, 2014
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An East End tour boat operator claims he could go out of business if Government pushes ahead with plans to shut down the Swing Bridge.
And Jerry Correia of Ocean Breeze sail charters has also questioned why the bridge needs to be shut down for a full...
DATE: Apr 01, 2014
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Officials are refusing to say if a betting shop owned by Opposition leader Marc Bean has had its license renewed.
The Betting License Authority met last week to hear an application by Mr Bean’s company, Axum, to renew a bookmaker’s license for the Pa...
DATE: Apr 01, 2014
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Plans by an organisation of US mayors to hold a conference on the Island later this year could be sidelined following a court ruling.
For allegations that former National Conference of Black Mayors executive director Vanessa Williams was not authoris...
DATE: Mar 31, 2014
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Education Commissioner Edmond Heatley has come under fresh fire after claiming in a job application that he had increased public school approval ratings in Bermuda by a massive 70 percent in just four months.
And Independent MP Terry Lister has renew...
DATE: Mar 31, 2014
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Taxi dispatcher Aishah Muhammad is always willing to go that extra mile to help out her customers.
And her dedication to her job as an Island ambassador has now earned Ms Muhammad official recognition as the winner of the The Visitor Industry Partner...
DATE: Mar 28, 2014
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A touching documentary on the sporting dreams of a schoolboy living in war-torn Iraq is in contention for an Oscar award after walking away with the top prize at the Bermuda International Film Festival last night.
‘Baghdad Messi’ — which focuses on t...
DATE: Mar 28, 2014
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The cost of hosting a conference for a group of US mayors in Hamilton is set to balloon, according to documents obtained by The Royal Gazette.
For the National Conference of Black Mayors is now charging the Corporation of Hamilton a minimum $150,000 ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2014
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A new book on Bermudian folk remedies has proved so popular that book stores have sold out of copies just weeks after it went on sale.
And the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs is now rushing to print off a second edition of the book — ‘Be...
DATE: Mar 27, 2014
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Bermuda College students and staff have taken a break from their books to get into the community spirit.
Around 70 members of the college donated their time helping out charities and Island organisations during Community Service Week last week.
The v...
DATE: Mar 26, 2014
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