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Two East End businesspeople are to face off next week for a seat on the Corporation of St George.
Cyniqua Anderson, daughter of the late Phillip “Phoopa” Anderson, whose death in December created the vacancy, is the owner of Just Dreams Event Managem...
DATE: Feb 02, 2019
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Removal of mould in a Pembroke school cost more than $444,000, new figures have revealed.
And renovations to the bathrooms at a Warwick school cost about $400,000.
The cost of the mould work at Dellwood Middle School and the price of new bathrooms a...
DATE: Feb 01, 2019
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Environment
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A proposed tax on rental income could cost people their homes, the finance minister has been warned.
Curtis Dickinson was told that any new tax would hurt people who depended on income from an apartment to pay their mortgages.
Paulette Robinson said:...
DATE: Feb 01, 2019
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Politics
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The owner of an island perfumery is the new Honorary Consul of Canada.
Isabelle Ramsay-Brackstone, the Canadian-born operator of Lili Bermuda, wants to use the position to strengthen the relationship between the two countries.
She said: “It’s a great...
DATE: Feb 01, 2019
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The family of a man shot dead has lost a legal attempt to recover $5,000 seized by US Customs officers a year before he was killed.
The Supreme Court heard that Morlan Steede was stopped at the airport on January 22, 2016 as he tried to fly to Jamaic...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said tax increases included in the Pre-Budget Report were being considered, but were not guaranteed.
However, he told an audience at a public meeting last night that if taxes on commercial and residential re...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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A man seen in the driver’s seat of a parked car after he had been drinking has lost an appeal against his conviction for being in care and control of the car while over the limit.
Denzil Nelson argued that prosecutors had not proved that he intended ...
DATE: Jan 31, 2019
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hailstones pummelled the island yesterday after a low-pressure weather front brought heavy rain and lightning to Bermuda.
Michelle Pitcher and Gary Hall, meteorologists at the Bermuda Weather Service, said the island experienced hail once or twice a ...
DATE: Jan 30, 2019
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The Governor took to the dancefloor at a music therapy session for seniors.
John Rankin was delighted to attend the event and see the difference it made in the lives of people living with dementia.
He said: “As I saw for myself, music and song can be...
DATE: Jan 30, 2019
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A man who was struck by a car almost two weeks ago remains in stable condition at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
A police spokesman said the 62-year-old man was seriously injured when he was hit by a car as he walked along North Shore Road in Ham...
DATE: Jan 30, 2019
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