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A “quiet and secluded” Warwick neighbourhood has rallied together after a string of break-ins, including a high-profile standoff between police and a burglary suspect who claimed to be armed.
The Rockland and Swansville communities have formed a neig...
DATE: Feb 27, 2014
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Bermuda Industrial Union head Chris Furbert wants Government to explain proposals for privatising public services.
Responding to last Friday’s Budget, in which Finance Minister Bob Richards proposed a Public Bodies Reform Act to examine privatising, ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2014
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Keep Bermuda Beautiful turns 50 this year — adding fanfare to its recent annual general meeting, where KBB handed out awards to friends and partners in addition to celebrating the accomplishments of 2013.
Margaret Fergusson, the wife of Governor Geor...
DATE: Feb 26, 2014
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The social justice group CURB has thrown its weight behind a petition demanding that Government reinstate the referendum on gaming.
The scale of the movement, which has racked up thousands of signatures, is still being tallied by activist Jonathan St...
DATE: Feb 26, 2014
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Former Bishop of Bermuda Christopher Luxmoore, a devoted clergyman who strove for unity in the local Anglican community, has died in England at the age of 87.
Bishop Luxmoore, who served in Bermuda from 1985 to 1989, passed away on Sunday in Chichest...
DATE: Feb 25, 2014
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A “public conversation” on cannabis reform will be held tonight by the Cannabis Reform Committee, with a four-person panel presenting on local and overseas perspectives.
They will tackle such questions as whether Bermuda’s cannabis policies should be...
DATE: Feb 25, 2014
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Last week’s industrial action by Marine and Ports staff was “irregular and unlawful”, according to Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy — but ferry workers will remain on strike this morning.
Bermuda Industrial Union head Chris Furbert said that striki...
DATE: Feb 24, 2014
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Budget
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Government paid out $150,000 as a “trade off” to the Bermuda National Trust, in order to break its 99-year lease for the West End’s historic Springfield House.
Although an estimated $750,000 had been paid by Government into refurbishing the rundown s...
DATE: Feb 24, 2014
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A subsidy hike for King Edward VII Memorial Hospital came as welcome news yesterday for the cash-strapped Bermuda Hospitals Board.
But rising costs — which Finance Minister Bob Richards in his Budget statement warned could bankrupt Government — have ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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Health
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Seniors’ advocates Age Concern issued “both a congratulatory and cautious response” to the latest Budget.
Executive director Claudette Fleming cheered the announcement of a $9 million boost to Government’s Financial Assistance programme which would h...
DATE: Feb 22, 2014
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