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The Corporation of Hamilton is challenging Government’s decision to oversee all financial dealings at the municipality.
Government stepped in to take temporary control of City Hall’s purse strings last month, shortly after a damning report citing num...
DATE: Jan 24, 2014
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Government is investigating ways in which narrow channels can be widened to enable mega-cruise ships to visit Bermuda.
According to a Public Works Ministry spokesman, a consultant has now been hired to carry out an Environmental Impact Study (EIS) to...
DATE: Jan 24, 2014
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The Opposition is urging Government to speed up cannabis reform so that Bermudians convicted of possessing small amounts of the drug can finally avoid the “devastating consequences” of their habit.
And cannabis could be decriminalised later this summ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2014
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Airport workers and Customs and Immigration staff are taking part in a workshop to learn more about blocking diseases from entering the Island.
The Prevention and Management of Public Health Events in Civil Aviation workshop kicked off yesterday, and...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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Bermuda’s economy looks to be “turning the corner” according to Craig Cannonier.
The Premier was responding to the latest economic figures which show that unemployment fell by one percent last year, while wages increased.
The 2013 Labour Force Survey...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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New copyright laws aimed at modernising Bermuda’s intellectual property regime will come into effect next week.
The regulations, which kick in on February 1, affect copyright in several key areas, including Customs, Education establishments, the righ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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The mother of the schoolgirl who died after riding her bike into a traffic barrier is calling for the bars to be redesigned.
Tiffany Pitcher says that her daughter might still be alive had a different type of barrier been installed at the entrance to...
DATE: Jan 20, 2014
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Most amateur athletes who took part in the Bermuda Marathon Weekend on Friday, Saturday and Sunday were finally able to relax last night, no doubt relieved that, with medals in hand and muscles aching, the months of rigorous training sessions and str...
DATE: Jan 20, 2014
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Shawn Crockwell has rubbished Opposition concerns that civil servants working for the Department of Tourism could be out of a job when a new, non-governmental body takes over the running of the industry.
The newly formed Bermuda Tourism Authority is ...
DATE: Jan 17, 2014
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A pressure group calling for the abolition of conscription has put forward a three-point plan to enable the Bermuda Regiment to transfer to a volunteer fighting force.
Larry Marshall, who heads up Bermudians Against the Draft, said it was essential f...
DATE: Jan 17, 2014
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