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A woman has spoken out after her child was sent overseas for treatment without her consent — claiming the teenager had suffered years of abuse under foster care.
“What hurts me most is that it was all kept from me,” said the woman, whose child was pl...
DATE: Mar 25, 2017
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For years as they looked over Happy Valley, Vance and Darlene Hollis noticed children having to skirt traffic along the precarious turn below their house.
“It became pretty scary,” Mr Hollis recalled.
“Around 4pm the schoolchildren, children as young...
DATE: Mar 24, 2017
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Bermuda’s proposed gaming fees drew alarm from Australian casino expert Tibor Vertes, according to Independent MP Shawn Crockwell, who maintains that the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission remains on the wrong track.
But Alan Dunch, the chairman of the...
DATE: Mar 24, 2017
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Winners have been declared for the Bermuda Triple Challenge, the island’s home-grown endurance contest — but the island’s charities came out top.
The obstacle course race, held last weekend, drew an impressive 65 international athletes out of an over...
DATE: Mar 24, 2017
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Repeated attacks from the floor of Parliament have prompted the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission to break its silence with a sharply worded statement querying the capabilities and motives of its critics.
Commission member Alan Dunch also refuted clai...
DATE: Mar 23, 2017
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A terrorist attack in London that left four people dead around the Houses of Parliament sparked concerns for safety among Bermudians with links to the city. Staff from the island’s London Office had met earlier yesterday at the nearby Foreign and Com...
DATE: Mar 23, 2017
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Legislators have agreed to a fee exemption for certain permit companies that maintain a token presence on the island to reduce their tax liabilities.
Companies without any physical presence in Bermuda will be charged $25,000, raised from the previous...
DATE: Mar 22, 2017
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The stewardship of Bermuda’s airport has officially switched hands from the Department of Airport Operations to Bermuda Skyport Corporation Limited.
Aaron Adderley, the former general manager of the DAO, who now presides over the new entity, hailed i...
DATE: Mar 22, 2017
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The Bermuda Government has paid out close to $5 million on new vehicles since the One Bermuda Alliance took office in 2012, Parliament heard.
But finance minister Bob Richards told The Royal Gazette that none had been for new GP cars for ministers — ...
DATE: Mar 21, 2017
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A gaming expert has come to the defence of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission after the body was criticised in Parliament as ineffectual in advancing the new industry in Bermuda.
The commission came under fire yesterday from Independent MP Mark Pet...
DATE: Mar 21, 2017
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