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Efforts to protect the Sargasso Sea are closer to fruition, according to Environment Minister Walter Roban.
He said that members of the Sargasso Sea Alliance (SSA) met at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences last week, to discuss how to go about p...
DATE: Jul 11, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
St George’s residents have met with representatives from Government and the proposed Park Hyatt resort over plans to put a sewage treatment facility in their backyard.
David Hillier, a member of a group called the Old Military Road Task Force, said h...
DATE: Jul 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The proposed Park Hyatt resort is intended to create a community “reminiscent of the Town of St George’s”, according to developers.
The nearly 40 buildings that make up the resort are designed to fit in with the existing East End community, a Departm...
DATE: Jul 08, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 43-year-old who swore at police officers has been fined $1,000.
Elliot Warren pleaded guilty to using offensive words near Pompano Beach Club on June 17. Crown counsel Cindy Clarke told Magistrates’ Court that police responded to a report of an alt...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man was fined $10,000 in Magistrates’ Court yesterday after he was caught harvesting a protected species of sea snail.
Carlos Moniz, 64, pleaded guilty to one count of collecting 544 West Indian top shells, a species of sea snail in the Devonshire ...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A jury was selected this morning for the trial of two men charged with attempted murder.
Jah’mico Trott, 23, and Dunn-yah Taylor, 22, were charged with the September 23 shooting of David Godwin on Marsh Folly Road in Pembroke on September 23.
Both me...
DATE: Jul 07, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The City of Hamilton is looking to get more feedback from the community by allowing members of the public to ask questions during board meetings.
During a public board meeting, held this afternoon at City Hall, members discussed a motion that would c...
DATE: Jul 06, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man was this morning fined $10,000 after being caught harvesting a protected species of sea snail.
Carlos Moniz, 64, pleaded guilty when he appeared at Magistrates’ Court to collecting 544 West Indian Top Shells, a species of sea snail, in the Devo...
DATE: Jul 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Murder accused Leroy Symons believed his brother was bluffing when he showed him a gun the night of Shane Minors murder, according to lawyer Shade Subair.
Ms Subair said her client didn’t realise his co-accused, Ronniko Burchall, intended to kill any...
DATE: Jul 06, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 100 Berkeley Students celebrated last week after they passed the Bermuda School Certificate Programme.
According to school principal Michelle Simmons, 122 of 131 S4 students, around 93 percent, graduated, while another 12 students who start...
DATE: Jul 05, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes