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A hive of bees was removed from a busy City of Hamilton street last night.
The swarm had set up home in the truck of a French oak outside the Church of God Heritage Worship Centre on Dundonald Street and caused alarm among some passers-by, who compla...
DATE: Jul 20, 2018
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Rolfe Commissiong pledged “relief is on the way” as he tabled a report on a living wage in Bermuda.
Mr Commissiong, chairman of the Parliamentary Joint Select Committee on the establishment of a living wage, urged MPs to consider the plight of the po...
DATE: Jul 20, 2018
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Conservation groups have vowed to continue their fight against proposals for quad bike tours on the Railway Trail.
They were speaking as the House of Assembly prepares to debate an amendment to the law to allow the tours to go ahead.
Bill Zuill, the ...
DATE: Jul 19, 2018
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The Parliamentary Registrar’s office asked the Opposition to amend “inaccurate statements” by former Opposition leader Patricia Gordon-Pamplin yesterday over the release of voter information for political purposes.
The call came a day after the One B...
DATE: Jul 18, 2018
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Jeanne Atherden, the Leader of the Opposition, has called on David Burt to release “an unredacted version of the deal to build a new hospital wing”.
The challenge was raised by Ms Atherden on Friday, during the inaugural Premier’s question time segme...
DATE: Jul 18, 2018
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Roadside breath tests were backed by the Senate today.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General, told the Upper House that the legislation covered the setting up of checkpoints, as well as obtaining breath testing equipment and the formalising of pre...
DATE: Jul 18, 2018
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The Premier confirmed the Bermuda Government’s purchase of the Park Place building, understood to be the IAS Park building on Hamilton’s Church Street, as a fintech space.
David Burt told Opposition MP Patricia Gordon-Pamplin that the building had be...
DATE: Jul 17, 2018
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The One Bermuda Alliance alleged this afternoon that voters’ contact details, filed with the office of the Parliamentary Registrar, had been shared with the Progressive Labour Party for election campaigns dating back to 2012.
The statement was issued...
DATE: Jul 17, 2018
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A team of 37 students has begun summer employment within the various sections of the Ministry of Public Works.
The high school and college students were recruited through the Government’s summer employment programme, a joint effort by the Department ...
DATE: Jul 16, 2018
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Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said he would investigate “all sorts of questions” arising from the Westover Farm saga.
The public works minister confirmed yesterday that the notice to quit the Sandys farm had been cancelled after he talked with tenan...
DATE: Jul 14, 2018
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