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Governor George Fergusson has revealed that the UK Ministry of Defence will pay the salary of the Bermuda Regiment’s new British commanding officer — with taxpayers here picking up his housing costs.
Mr Fergusson said Lieutenant Colonel Michael Foste...
DATE: Jul 23, 2013
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Seven swimming enthusiasts are about to attempt the challenge of a lifetime — and help the nine-year-old son of a gun murder victim in the process.
The men, including an Olympian, are planning to swim eight miles across open water from North Rock to ...
DATE: Jul 18, 2013
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Work to get rid of asbestos stockpiled at the government quarry at Bailey’s Bay and at Southside is under way.
The potentially hazardous substance has been at both sites for more than a decade and public consultation on a $4.9 million project to get ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2013
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Environment
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Sam Strangeways
Islanders are invited to join together to sing “Happy Birthday” to global peace icon Nelson Mandela tomorrow.
Imagine Bermuda, along with the African Diaspora Heritage Trail committee, CURB and Chewstick, will hold a lunchtime concert to celebrate Ma...
DATE: Jul 16, 2013
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Bermuda Hospitals Board has rejected an overseas consultant’s claim that he is owed $70,000 after being “frozen out” of a medical tourism initiative on the Island.
David Green, of IHI Consulting International in Ontario, claims he came up with an ide...
DATE: Jul 10, 2013
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Green campaigners have warned they may take Government to court to force it to carry out an assessment of the environmental impact of developing the Rosewood Tucker’s Point resort.
Stuart Hayward, of Bermuda Environmental and Sustainability Taskforce...
DATE: Jul 10, 2013
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Ombudsman Arlene Brock handled 109 complaints in 2012, a fifth of which were about the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Her annual report for 2012 lists by government department how many complaints she dealt with, showing there were 23 about Home Affairs, i...
DATE: Jul 09, 2013
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Three people have appeared in court in connection with an alleged burglary in St David’s.
Stacy Lee Smith, 18, of Naval Tanks Hill, St George’s, and Shayna Dillas, 20, of Orange Hole Road, St David’s, both denied entering as a trespasser a home on Or...
DATE: Jul 05, 2013
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
The following cases were among those dealt with in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Malcolm Gosling, 23, of Middle Road, Paget, admitted having an unlicensed motorbike and no third party insurance. He was fined $750 and given five demerit points on his ...
DATE: Jul 05, 2013
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
Lawyer Jeffrey Elkinson is the new chairman of the Police Complaints Authority.
Governor George Fergusson announced the news yesterday at Government House, where he said the authority’s previously large backlog of unresolved complaints was now “negli...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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