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Grassroots activist group the People’s Campaign has announced three town hall meetings to be held next week on the contentious issue of Permanent Resident’s Certificate holders and Bermuda status.
The group will hold meetings at 6.30pm on Tuesday, We...
DATE: Aug 15, 2014
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A top UK trainer is back in Bermuda for a second stint of intensive classes aimed at coaching the custodians of Bermuda’s beaches.
The goal, according to lifeguard superintendent Nathan Trott, is to become “the best life saving service on Island for ...
DATE: Aug 14, 2014
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The One Bermuda Alliance was accused of stooping to “money over Bermudians” in Government’s continuing bid to relocate a single family from the failed Grand Atlantic housing development in Warwick.
The condemnation came from Shadow Tourism Minister Z...
DATE: Aug 14, 2014
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The Department of Immigration has begun processing applications for status, following a landmark Supreme Court ruling on the right of certain Permanent Resident’s Certificate (PRC) holders to become bona fide Bermudians.
But the Home Affairs Ministry...
DATE: Aug 13, 2014
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Retail sales for June of this year showed a 1.6 percent drop below the $90.1 million recorded in June of 2013, according to the Department of Statistics.
Sales of liquor and motor vehicles bucked the trend: the sale of alcohol rose 1.8 percent, partl...
DATE: Aug 13, 2014
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A veteran local firefighter who toured Bermuda’s schools every year for Fire Safety Week has been appointed senior fire safety education specialist with the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department.
Arthur Raynor, who closed 31 years’ service for Bermuda’s fir...
DATE: Aug 12, 2014
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A 62-year-old man is in “serious condition” according to police, after being stabbed at a Crossland Lane, Pembroke residence shortly before 5.30pm yesterday.
Police responded to a report of the attack and found the man, a Pembroke resident, lying in ...
DATE: Aug 12, 2014
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Spectacular footage of Bermuda’s tiger sharks has been captured by local photographer Choy Aming in a dive alongside ‘Ocean vet’ Neil Burnie, and is set to air on network TV.
The team swam with five of the enormous predators in the waters of Challeng...
DATE: Aug 09, 2014
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As Bermuda’s national debate heats up over the awarding of status to foreigners, one local businessman met with The Royal Gazette to discuss the controversial “gift” of status to his UK-born mother.
The practice of handing out status, known as discre...
DATE: Aug 08, 2014
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Locals and visitors alike were again left irate and stranded at the West End as the switch to a new shuttle service continued to hamper transport yesterday.
However, the West End Development Corporation (Wedco) maintained that the new arrangement wou...
DATE: Aug 07, 2014
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