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The Parks Department is seeking to erect temporary lifeguard facilities at John Smith’s Bay, with permanent facilities coming soon.
In a planning application received by the Planning Department on June 27, the Department requested permission to estab...
DATE: Jul 15, 2013
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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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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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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 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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A Pembroke man had to be pulled from his car by the Fire Service following a crash in Devonshire.
Emergency services responded to a reported two-vehicle collision on North Shore Road in the vicinity of Dock Hill on Thursday evening.
“There were no re...
DATE: Jul 13, 2013
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High-ranking City of Hamilton staff are headed to court to challenge the Corporation, and the Attorney General, over union recognition, The Royal Gazette understands.
The law suit, which stands to put constitutional rights against trade union legisla...
DATE: Jul 12, 2013
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