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Six voters in ten are against relaxing regulations to allow commercial immigration into the Island, according to statistician Cordell Riley.
The idea of “community-wide consultation” over adopting some form of commercial immigration, as a means of bo...
DATE: Jun 11, 2015
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There will be about 18 events islandwide over the National Heroes Day holiday, prompting Police to ask for patience from the public as traffic disruptions are likely.
Police checkpoints will be deployed throughout the weekend, according to Chief Insp...
DATE: Jun 11, 2015
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As a business owner who serves small businesses, Alastair Williams is well positioned to gauge recovery in that sector of Bermuda’s economy.
“Are we beginning to see these ‘green shoots’ appearing?” Mr Williams asked The Royal Gazette as part of our ...
DATE: Jun 10, 2015
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Everyone knows 85-year-old Joan Dismont’s dedication to the End-to-End — but the real event, for some, is how she completes her fundraising.
Yesterday, Ms Dismont presented $2,427 to the charity’s organisers, with about half of it coming from her spe...
DATE: Jun 10, 2015
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The Island’s census schedule is to be set to the discretion of the Bermuda Government, with the caveat that one must be held at least every ten years.
The Statistics Amendment Act 2015 received support from both sides at yesterday’s Senate, with Dial...
DATE: Jun 10, 2015
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Opposition legislation aimed at providing the needy with food has been approved by the Senate.
The Good Samaritan Food Donation Act won bipartisan support in the House of Assembly at the end of a four-hour debate in which the Government side started ...
DATE: Jun 10, 2015
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Delinquent employers who shirk paying health insurance for their staff can now be named in public.
The Health Insurance Amendment Act 2015 has been approved by the Senate with Opposition support, although the Progressive Labour Party’s Diallo Rabain ...
DATE: Jun 10, 2015
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John Powell, chairman of the Summerhaven home for the physically challenged, maintains he has the full backing of his board — but some staff and residents allege mismanagement and poor treatment.
Mr Powell met The Royal Gazette in response to complai...
DATE: Jun 09, 2015
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It is probably not the way Bermudian musician Alex Marshall would have wanted to get on MTV: a painful-looking clip of an Admiralty House cliff jump gone horribly wrong.
He has been on MTV before, in music videos as dancehall artist Fiyah Marshall — ...
DATE: Jun 09, 2015
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Most voters in Bermuda see only a select few benefiting from the 2017 America’s Cup, according to statistician Cordell Riley.
The poll of 407 registered voters, carried out between April 15 and May 10 this year, showed that fewer than seven in ten of...
DATE: Jun 09, 2015
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