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If you were worried that free bus travel for students would be taken away in the latest Budget, rest assured that the student exemption stands — but other fares are set to rise on April 1.
Multi-day passes bear the brunt of the fares increase. An adu...
DATE: Mar 23, 2015
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The disabled represent a major portion of the Island’s recipients of financial aid — and many of those are persons suffering from mental illness.
A Mental Health Foundation forum heard there are 2,665 persons receiving financial assistance at present...
DATE: Mar 23, 2015
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The cult classic children’s show Fraggle Rock, co-created by Bermudian artist Michael Frith and loosely inspired by the Island’s Crystal Caves, is finally set to hit the big screen.
“The Fraggle community is all abuzz and e-mails have been bouncing a...
DATE: Mar 23, 2015
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A towering rubber tree dear to walkers along the Railway Trail in Warwick could be axed — but felling work by the Department of Parks has been called off for now after a rash of complaints.
“It’s an absolute shame how little regard we have for the en...
DATE: Mar 23, 2015
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In a first for Bermuda, a sexual orientation discrimination case has gone before a tribunal of the Human Rights Commission.
Desai Jones, 41, admitted posting a string of anti-gay statements on his Facebook page, but denied that they were directed at ...
DATE: Mar 23, 2015
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It was a packed hall last night at the Heritage Worship Centre in Hamilton as upwards of a thousand people from churches all over the Island joined together for song, prayer and sermons.
“This level of service has not been done for some time, where w...
DATE: Mar 22, 2015
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Questions persist after passengers who struggled to escape from last week’s crashed bus maintain there was so emergency exit from the stricken vehicle.
The driver of the bus from the March 11 crash on East Broadway has been arrested and released on p...
DATE: Mar 21, 2015
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Rare century-old Bermuda scenes richly captured in an early photographic technique have gone on display at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art.
The creations are from Karl Struss, the American photographer, cinematographer and inventor who worked w...
DATE: Mar 19, 2015
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A policy banning religious events on City of Hamilton property will be put to the test today by Dale Butler and friends, who have planned an “inspirational, motivational and spiritual event” outside City Hall.
“Our circumstances reflect the circumsta...
DATE: Mar 18, 2015
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There will be a new fee to dispose of waste water and sewage at the Tynes Bay waste facility, starting April 1.
It will cost $15 per ton, according to the Ministry of Public Works, which said the service was free at present.
The facility has run sinc...
DATE: Mar 18, 2015
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