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Farmers have called for plans to run all-terrain vehicle tours on the Railway Trail to be ditched.
The Bermuda Farmers’ Association said yesterday that the proposal was “highly contentious”.
The group said the vehicles would cause air and noise pollu...
DATE: Nov 02, 2017
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A Supreme Court ruling has cleared up a grey area that affected the rights of Bermudian “belongers” to own land, control local companies and benefit from local trusts.
Lawyer Peter Sanderson said the case had implications for “perhaps a couple of hun...
DATE: Nov 02, 2017
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A new points system has been proposed for the granting of Bermudian status.
Decisions on status should take account of people’s contribution to Bermuda and include a course and test on Bermudian culture.
The recommendations from the Consultative Immi...
DATE: Nov 02, 2017
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Bermuda’s endangered skinks are soon to cross paths with a thriving invasive species that already outnumbers the entire native population.
James Stroud of Florida International University said the brown anole lizard had been recorded “living in some ...
DATE: Nov 02, 2017
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The Progressive Labour Party’s members, supporters and the public have been invited to an evening of elegance to be held on November 18 at the Fairmont Southampton.
The gala commences with a 6pm cocktail reception, with the banquet commencing at 7.30...
DATE: Nov 02, 2017
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Political bickering over the America’s Cup risks undermining the island’s ability to host other large international events, according to Grant Gibbons, the Shadow Minister of Economic Development.
“It has clearly been politicised to a degree — it’s u...
DATE: Nov 01, 2017
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
The leadership of the One Bermuda Alliance is to be decided at a General Conference later this month.
The party needs to “rebuild confidence and trust in our support base, and to reiterate the good that we did for the country during our administratio...
DATE: Nov 01, 2017
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Jonathan Bell
A report on immigration reform has been handed over to Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs, after more than 18 months of deliberations by an independent working group.
Mr Brown said he hoped to table legislation as early as February after revi...
DATE: Nov 01, 2017
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Jonathan Bell
A report assessing how well the America’s Cup delivered on investment is now in the hands of Cabinet, according to the ACBDA.
A spokeswoman for the body told The Royal Gazette that the economic, social and environmental impact report for the 35th Ame...
DATE: Oct 31, 2017
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
Demonstrators pepper-sprayed at protests outside Parliament last December will meet tomorrow at the headquarters of the Bermuda Industrial Union.
A BIU statement posted online said the 4pm gathering at the union’s Hamilton headquarters was “very impo...
DATE: Oct 31, 2017
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