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One of the world’s oldest shipping lines could start flying Bermuda’s flag if Cunard makes good on “tentative enquiries” to register its ships here.
Hoping to cash in on sea weddings, the UK-registered company wants its guests to be able to marry in ...
DATE: Sep 29, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
The Island’s shores are cleaner after the weekend, courtesy of the Keep Bermuda Beautiful (KBB) annual Marine Clean-Up.
There were 25 locations around Bermuda targeted by beach walkers, swimmers, snorkellers and divers, with the Bermuda Sub-Aqua Club...
DATE: Sep 28, 2011
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Environment
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Jonathan Bell
Businesses and homeowners within reach of Pembroke Canal have welcomed news that Public Works intends to improve the drainage of Hamilton’s inland waterway.
Work is to start next week with the removal of mangroves at the point where the canal empties...
DATE: Sep 28, 2011
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The Human Rights Commission is launching a series of roadshows to spread the word on its mandate, and how the law applies to everyone residing in Bermuda.
A spokesman said the Commission hoped to deliver a “town hall style” presentation of its work t...
DATE: Sep 28, 2011
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A Bermudian now resident in Canada has called for a course in public relations for bus operators, charging that “every year I come home, I find the bus service getting worse”.
Ilona Smith told The Royal Gazette that a woman driver shouted at her daug...
DATE: Sep 28, 2011
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A 46-year-old Pembroke man has appeared in Magistrates' Court on charges of unlawfully wounding another man.
Guest worker Armindo Daponte, of Rockville Lane, denied injuring Timotoe Silva on June 12.
Arruda Construction boss Ricardo Arruda translated...
DATE: Sep 28, 2011
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda stands to play a central role in defining the future relationship between the UK and its overseas territories, according to Overseas Territories Minister Henry Bellingham.
In a speech before a packed hall at the Bermuda College, Mr Bellingham...
DATE: Sep 27, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The cost of a pass onto the docks has gone up by $100, the City of Hamilton has announced.
The price hike, from $80 to $180, is due to a new levy of $100 charged by the Bermuda Police Service for background checks.
Checks are required before a person...
DATE: Sep 26, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Make Hunger History Week starts today, with 85 organisations around Bermuda now collecting food for the Eliza Dolittle Society’s Daily Bread Programme.
Executive director Margaret Ward said the food programme, which started a year ago in a bid to spr...
DATE: Sep 26, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Fake $100 notes are being passed at stores around the Island, along with counterfeit US cash, prompting a warning from police.
The forgeries are based on the older Bermuda $100 notes, rather than the new version.
A fish-shaped watermark just to the l...
DATE: Sep 26, 2011
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
