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The developers of the Fairmont Hamilton Princess stand to reap $11.2 million in tax breaks if they invest some $40.1 million in improvements to the iconic Hamilton hotel.
Unveiling the second such concession order granted in the last year, Minister ...
DATE: Jul 12, 2014
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A drug mule caught trying to smuggle ingested pellets of cocaine and cannabis through the airport has been jailed for 27 months.
“You took a gamble — and you lost,” magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo told Marketa Raynor, 31, before passing sentence.
An emoti...
DATE: Jul 11, 2014
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The Opposition aren’t “playing politics” with the delicate issue of permanent residents obtaining Bermuda status, according to Shadow Immigration Minister Walton Brown.
Mr Brown spoke to The Royal Gazette ahead of today’s town hall meeting, the third...
DATE: Jul 10, 2014
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Bishop Vinton Anderson of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, a Bermudian minister who rose to global prominence in 1991 as president of the World Council of Churches, has died at the age of 86.
Bishop Anderson died yesterday at his home in St Lo...
DATE: Jul 10, 2014
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A doctor has brought the Bermuda Hospitals Board to court on charges of wrongful dismissal, claiming BHB authorities defamed him by saying patients’ safety was at risk.
Charles Curtis-Thomas was fired after just three weeks on the job as a hospitali...
DATE: Jul 09, 2014
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Government MPs were under no orders to vote along party lines during Friday’s session of Parliament which saw a One Bermuda Alliance MP controversially break with her colleagues and vote with the Opposition.
OBA whip Cole Simons confirmed yesterday t...
DATE: Jul 07, 2014
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A self-confessed drug addict who stole cash and jewellery to the value of $900 from his mother has been offered a place at the Drug Treatment Court — but was jailed pending his appearance there in August.
Magistrates’ Court heard this morning that Ke...
DATE: Jul 07, 2014
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A man allegedly driven by “hatred” of the Island’s Filipino community has been jailed for three months to stand trial on charges of intimidating and threatening two supermarket workers.
Carlos Astwood, 49, of no fixed abode, appeared in Magistrates’ ...
DATE: Jul 07, 2014
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Protests are looming over potential Bermuda status for Permanent Resident’s Certificate (PRC) holders, the Opposition Progressive Labour Party last night vowed.
In the PLP’s second of three town hall meetings on the topic, the One Bermuda Alliance Go...
DATE: Jul 04, 2014
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Treasures from the early days of Bermuda’s postal history have been brought to the Island by US collector David Pitts — who held a private reception, opened last night by Governor George Fergusson, at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art.
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DATE: Jul 04, 2014
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