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Government has pulled the plug on a rebate scheme that offered residents up to $5,000 for installing solar panels in their homes.
The scheme was introduced in 2009 to encourage homeowners to use alternative energy sources. Solar hot-water rebates of ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2014
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A video of Bermudians miming to the lyrics of a hit song was seen by millions of viewers after it aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network yesterday.
The film, which features a montage of Bermuda faces and places accompanied by the upbeat rhythms of US rap...
DATE: Apr 15, 2014
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A Corporation of Hamilton application for a judicial review of Government’s temporary takeover of the municipality has been rejected.
And City Hall has come under fire by Chief Justice Ian Kawaley for continuing to pursue its case through the courts ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2014
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Around 200 soldiers have finished a gruelling two-day exercise designed to test every unit of the Bermuda Regiment.
The recruits carried out day and night manoeuvres in the East End of the Island, culminating in high speed boat assaults on Paget and ...
DATE: Apr 14, 2014
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A former Canadian ambassador to Iran who played a key role in the escape of six American diplomats from Tehran during the Iran Hostage Crisis almost 35 years ago is among three special guests attending this week’s Bermuda Documentary Film Festival.
K...
DATE: Apr 14, 2014
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Airport officials are reminding the public not to fly kites or launch Chinese lanterns in certain areas over the Easter holiday.
A spokesman for the Department of Airport Operations confirmed that the traditional Easter pastime is banned around the L...
DATE: Apr 14, 2014
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Engineers are now working hard to get an expanded network of CCTV cameras up and running.
Staff from security company BAS-Serco have been tasked with installing around 150 cameras across the Island as quickly as possible — providing almost double the...
DATE: Apr 12, 2014
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News that Bermuda’s beaches could be contaminated by hazardous levels of sewage pollution is spreading across the US.
The Washington Post newspaper, which has 17 million readers, has now picked up the story after The Royal Gazette broke the news thre...
DATE: Apr 12, 2014
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Veteran hotelier, tourism advocate and community activist W.A. ‘Toppy’ Cowen has died at the age of 78.
Mr Cowen, who managed the Pink Beach Club for 20 years, died on Wednesday in Kelowna, British Columbia, where he lived for the last five years of ...
DATE: Apr 12, 2014
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Bureaucratic red tape has resulted in increased frustration for families wishing to adopt children.
The blunder occurred after changes to the adoption laws came into effect at the start of last November.
But Government forms that have to be completed...
DATE: Apr 10, 2014
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