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Orders to create Economic Empowerment Zones (EEZs) in St George’s and Somerset have been approved in the Senate.
Economy Minister Kim Wilson said the new EEZs would help to encourage entrepreneurs and support existing businesses in the east and west ...
DATE: Mar 25, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Almost one-fifth of Bermuda households have not yet been surveyed as part of the 2010 Census, with less than two weeks before the end of enumeration.
Director of Statistics Valerie Robinson-James said the Census coverage has been gradually rising and...
DATE: Mar 25, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Members of the Sargasso Sea Alliance have met in Bermuda to discuss how to protect the important Atlantic ecosystem.
The Sargasso Sea acts as a nursery and home for numerous species.
Alliance executive director David Freestone warned the area is thre...
DATE: Mar 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Premier Paula Cox and her Cabinet repeated the mantra of doing more with less at a public meeting to discuss the Budget.
For around two hours at Somerset Primary School, the Premier and almost all of her Ministers spoke with around 70 West end reside...
DATE: Mar 24, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The St George’s Foundation is seeking tenders to fix wear and tear to the decking of the Deliverance.
Executive director Sharon Jacobs described the work as “expected upkeep” needed because of the replica ship’s exposure to the elements.
“We have jus...
DATE: Mar 23, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda will take part in an international tsunami response exercise in the aftermath of the recent disaster in Japan.
The exercise, scheduled to take place today will simulate a massive earthquake off the coast of Puerto Rico in order to test the re...
DATE: Mar 23, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda Gombeys and pink-clad Island representatives visited Boston and Baltimore this week as part of a tourism campaign.
The visits were the first of four scheduled stops on a media push for Bermuda tourism in the east of the US, with stops still p...
DATE: Mar 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Environmental activist Graeme Outerbridge has spoken out against a proposed redevelopment of the Horseshoe Bay concessions area claiming environmental studies should have been carried out.
“I have a real problem with a facility going in a public park...
DATE: Mar 21, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man accused of trying to break into a pay-and-display machine insisted he was carrying a screwdriver as a weapon not as a tool for theft.
Richard DeSilva, 30, admitted possessing an offensive weapon, the screwdriver, and a bladed article, a pair of...
DATE: Mar 21, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The House of Assembly has approved a 1.5 percent increase in hospital fees, intended to help battle rising operating costs.
Debating the Bermuda Hospitals Board (Hospital Fees) Regulations 2011 on Friday night, Health Minister Zane DeSilva said that ...
DATE: Mar 21, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
