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The charter ferry Millennium is already on the Island, and should be deployed this week, according to Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell.
“The Millennium has come in, and needs a period of time to get things ready, and will be in service next week,” Mr...
DATE: May 20, 2013
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An unpopular plan to raise a tax on awnings and signs that jut over City of Hamilton sidewalks has been scrapped, Hamilton Mayor Graeme Outerbridge said.
The City last year proposed to tax the structures at $75 each — causing some store owners to wal...
DATE: May 20, 2013
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Young mechanics have teamed up to bring something different to this year’s May 24 parade: a float that generates its own power.
The group have been working in the yard of older relative Abdullah Furqan.
“I like doing creative things,” said 10-year-ol...
DATE: May 20, 2013
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Congratulations poured in after footballer Nahki Wells scored a first for Bermuda with a Wembley goal that helped propel Bradford City into England’s League One.
“Well done, Nahki — you make us all proud to be Bermudian,” Premier Craig Cannonier decl...
DATE: May 20, 2013
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Documented evidence indicating “a large number of defects and deficiencies” in the building of Heritage Wharf currently lies before the Attorney General, Public Works Minister Trevor Moniz told the House of Assembly last night.
And Tourism Minister S...
DATE: May 18, 2013
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Hamilton’s retailers have welcomed the surge of business delivered by the two cruise ship callers.
For Brown and Co General Manager Nicole Warren, the uptick in visitor-driven customers followed a predictable cycle.
On the day the ship arrived, she s...
DATE: May 17, 2013
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A seniors advocate has called for stronger laws to protect the elderly from being exploited out of their property.
Despite the 2008 introduction of the Seniors Abuse Registry Act, Age Concern Director Claudette Fleming said Bermuda suffered from “reg...
DATE: May 16, 2013
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Two elderly residents each claim social assistance agencies have been unable to protect them from their own families.
In the first, an elderly man claims relatives deceived him into signing over his property.
“They have totally manipulated him,” his...
DATE: May 16, 2013
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Police have vowed to weaken gangs by targeting the Island’s most prolific offenders and to deploy “relentless investigations” against those who commit serious crimes.
And the Island’s CCTV network will be expanded, and the cameras equipped with the a...
DATE: May 15, 2013
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For the first time, the Spirit of Bermuda is sending a float in the Bermuda Day Parade, with a replica of the vessel accompanied by hundreds of young people.
The move is part of an ongoing initiative to save the Bermuda Sloop Foundation’s youth progr...
DATE: May 14, 2013
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