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Hamilton will once again go dark for one hour this Saturday to celebrate Earth Hour, according to Mayor Charles Gosling.
Speaking yesterday, Mr Gosling said all non-essential lights will be turned off for one hour starting at 8.30pm to raise awarenes...
DATE: Mar 28, 2012
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Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
For more than 20 years, the Bermuda Prison Fellowship has worked to used religion to help inmates and their families get back on the right track.
Speaking yesterday at the Hamilton Rotary, Rudolph (Buddy) Hollis said that over the years the organisat...
DATE: Mar 28, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two cousins were sentenced in Magistrates’ Court after admitting robbing a Canadian tourist, leaving him with cuts to both arms.
Jermaine Usher, 20, of Pembroke and Almir Waldron, 18, of St George’s, pleaded guilty to using force to rob tourist Ryan ...
DATE: Mar 28, 2012
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
When Tennessee resident Zebbie Brandt lost her digital camera while diving in the Turks and Caicos, she thought the camera was gone for good.
But nine months later, she received an excited e-mail from her friend telling her the camera had been discov...
DATE: Mar 28, 2012
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Low-flying planes and unusual markings on the ground will be seen as an aerial survey of the Island takes place next month.
The Bermuda Mapping Project is hoped to provide accurate geological data of the Island.
Specialist survey aircraft will be use...
DATE: Mar 27, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government is seeking instructors to teach at the Island’s Cisco Academy when it opens.
An advertisement published in The Royal Gazette said the IT academy would launch this summer.
Instructors will undergo four weeks of intensive training starting i...
DATE: Mar 27, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Progressive Labour Party will win the next election on the doorsteps of their constituents, several party candidates said last night.
Speaking yesterday at a public meeting at the Devonshire Seventh Day Adventist Church Hall, Public Works Ministe...
DATE: Mar 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Planning Department was allotted a budget of $3.9 million, the same as last year, and is expected to bring in more than $1 million in revenue, the Senate heard during the Budget debate.
Government Senator David Burt noted that the Department has ...
DATE: Mar 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ministry of Justice’s $58.5 million budget was approved in the Senate yesterday without debate.
While the budget sparked a long debate in the House of Assembly, the Ministry’s budget was allotted only a half-hour for debate in the Senate. As a re...
DATE: Mar 27, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Devonshire Parish Council are hoping to hear from their constituents at a meeting this evening.
The 2012 Meet Your Council Night, taking place at Christ Church Devonshire Hall starting at 6.30pm, will give Devonshire residents the opportunity to ...
DATE: Mar 26, 2012
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
