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Government has tabled legislation to allow spouses of Bermudians to own multiple property on the Island, ending restrictions put in place six years ago.
The Bermuda Immigration and Protection Amendment Bill 2013, tabled in the House of Assembly on Fr...
DATE: Jul 15, 2013
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Former Health Minister Zane DeSilva has said that the Progressive Labour Party never pretended the hospital did not have its share of problems.
However, he said the facility made forward progress during the party’s time in power.
“The hospital is a v...
DATE: Jul 15, 2013
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Government issued 45 work permits for the Heritage Wharf project, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs.
In response to parliamentary questions by Shadow Home Affairs Minister Walter Roban, Deputy Premier Michael Dunkley tabled a list of the work...
DATE: Jul 15, 2013
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Health Minister Patricia Gordon Pamplin has slammed her predecessor Zane DeSilva, for “defending the indefensible” during his two-year stint at the helm of the Ministry.
And she also attacked the former Chief of Staff at King Edward VII Memorial, say...
DATE: Jul 15, 2013
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Youth poetry club ChewSLAM is hoping to take part in a Chicago poetry festival, but first they need the assistance of the public.
The club is hoping to raise $20,000 to send six competing team members and two coaches to the Brave New Voices (BNV) Poe...
DATE: Jul 15, 2013
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Two teenagers who used buckets to put out a brush fire in Pembroke have been praised for their actions by the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service.
Fire Service spokesman Lt Leonard Davis said the service received a report of a fire in the Berkeley Road a...
DATE: Jul 15, 2013
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Government has tabled amendments to give drunk drivers a guaranteed period of disqualification.
The Traffic Offences (Penalties) Amendment Act 2013 imposes an obligatory 18-month period of disqualification on the first offence of driving while impair...
DATE: Jul 15, 2013
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A Bermudian college student has been jailed after he admitted importing two BB guns.
Shaquille Crockwell, 21, from Rock Lane West, Hamilton Parish, pleaded guilty yesterday to importing the prohibited weapons on April 22.
Magistrates’ Court heard tha...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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A group of Bermuda hospitality students received a leg-up from Royal Caribbean International this week.
Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell presented seven students with RCI Hospitality Awards during a ceremony on board the Celebrity Cruise Line’s MV Su...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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The Rainbow Alliance have disputed a claim by Opposition Leader Marc Bean that gay marriage would lead to moral disruption.
However, the group agreed with Mr Bean’s assertion that same sex marriage is inevitable — something the Opposition Leader desc...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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