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A businessman has urged fellow property owners in the City of Hamilton to withhold their taxes from City Hall in protest at no longer having a vote.
Bill Boyle told a Corporation of Hamilton town hall meeting on Tuesday that it was a “real utter disg...
DATE: Jan 19, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Seniors who have an interest in a property will be eligible for financial aid from Government under a proposed change to the law.
Youth, Families and Sport Minister Glenn Blakeney told a meeting last night that “amendments to certain pieces of legisl...
DATE: Jan 19, 2012
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Detectives are hunting for two men who broke into a Pembroke home, one wielding what appeared to be a gun.
Police said the burglary happened shortly before 9.40pm on Sunday, when the householders were in the Friswells Lane property.
A police spokesma...
DATE: Jan 18, 2012
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Visitors to the City of Hamilton are being harassed by a rising number of vagrants, a meeting heard last night.
Corporation of Hamilton Deputy Mayor Glen Smith told a town-hall meeting that begging on the streets had become a serious concern and need...
DATE: Jan 18, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Cabinet will consider allowing cruise ships to keep their casinos open while in port in Bermuda, Transport Minister Derrick Burgess revealed yesterday.
He told a press conference he would take the idea back to his Cabinet colleagues after it came up ...
DATE: Jan 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief said yesterday he and international business were “kissing and making up” after he called on the corporate community to provide more money to tackle gun crime.
Mr Perinchief claimed IB had an “obligation, n...
DATE: Dec 24, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bighearted readers of The Royal Gazette have donated thousands of dollars in little more than a week to help an elderly widow with dementia receive care in her own home.
The LCCA (Lady Cubitt Compassionate Association), which has agreed to collect mo...
DATE: Dec 24, 2011
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda should be able to roll out its own Operation CeaseFire by April or May and may even have a national summit on gangs in 2012, National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief has revealed.
He told The Royal Gazette he was convinced his Ministry and...
DATE: Dec 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The UK would have stepped in and provided the funds to tackle gun violence in Bermuda if 16 white men had been shot dead since May 2009, according to National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief.
Mr Perinchief made the remark during an interview with ...
DATE: Dec 23, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Dr Dena Lister was yesterday named as principal of Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy.
The Ministry of Education said she had been acting in the role of principal at the special school in Devonshire since 2008.
A press release said: “Dr Lister is an edu...
DATE: Dec 22, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
