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Bermuda Police Service has donated more than $16,000 to the Bermuda Hospital Charitable Trust to help fund the new hospital project.
The service raised a total of $16,764.86 through a series of events, including Denim Days, car parking at Police Fiel...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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A former officer of the Spirit of Bermuda has been named the 2013 Sail Training Captain of the Year at the International Sail Training Conference in Denmark.
Captain Sarah Robinson, who served as First Officer for the Spirit of Bermuda between 2006 a...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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Firefighters battled a brush fire near Trinity Church Road in Hamilton Parish for almost an hour on Wednesday afternoon.
Fire Service spokesman Lt Leonard Davis said a total of ten firefighters battled to contain blaze.
Sergeant Caleb Zuill said: “Th...
DATE: Feb 20, 2014
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A lawyer has been ordered to repay a client after the Supreme Court ruled that he had overcharged her by more than $60,000.
Linda Swan complained that lawyer Rick Woolridge had billed her five percent interest monthly rather than annually, but Mr Woo...
DATE: Feb 19, 2014
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A man who was fined for threatening a Magistrate should have received a period of incarceration, according to Chief Justice Ian Kawaley.
Laurie Furbert was found guilty after he threatened Magistrate Nicole Stoneham in 2012 following a Magistrates’ C...
DATE: Feb 18, 2014
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Court
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Premier Craig Cannonier called for an end of “political rancour” as the Government works to aide the Island’s economic recovery.
However Opposition Leader Marc Bean said it was the Government who had initiated the recent controversy by secretly recor...
DATE: Feb 18, 2014
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Plans to erect a six-storey residential building on the site of the historic ‘Queen of the East’ have been rejected.
Despite several redesigns, Planning officials have continued to express concerns about the design of the building and insufficient in...
DATE: Feb 18, 2014
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Activist Jonathan Starling has delayed plans to deliver a petition calling for a Gaming Referendum in an effort to gather more signatures — and verify the thousands already collected.
Speaking outside of the House of Assembly, Mr Starling said he wan...
DATE: Feb 17, 2014
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Government has granted a 15-year exclusive contract to develop Bermuda’s satellite slot, according to Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons.
Giving an update on the contract, Dr Gibbons said BermudaSat-1 commenced operations on April 13, 2013 —...
DATE: Feb 17, 2014
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St David’s MP Lovitta Foggo has expressed concerns that the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre is being set up to fail.
Government pledged to keep the St David’s facility open “until an acceptable and financially viable alternative arrangement is in place...
DATE: Feb 14, 2014
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Health
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