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All ferry services have been cancelled today until further notice due to a dispute between Marine and Ports workers and Government.
No one from either side was available to comment on the reason for the row last night but The Royal Gazette understand...
DATE: Sep 29, 2010
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Bermuda Sloop Foundation has distanced itself from a claim that the former captain of the Spirit of Bermuda left the Island due to a financial dispute between his wife and Government senator Walton Brown.
But the wife — Christen Pears, former managin...
DATE: Sep 28, 2010
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Government Senator Walton Brown has settled a long-running financial dispute with a former employee but been accused of harming an educational charity by taking so long to pay her.
Jay Kempe, deputy chairman of Bermuda Sloop Foundation, claimed yeste...
DATE: Sep 25, 2010
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Establishing a Law Reform Commission remains "an important milestone for Government" but has been on the back burner due to a surge in violent crime, according to the Attorney General.
Senator Kim Wilson — whose Law Reform Commission Act was passed b...
DATE: Sep 22, 2010
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About 5,000 homes and businesses in Bermuda were expected to be without power this morning — after Belco restored electricity to many thousands more yesterday.
Hurricane Igor left 28,700 properties — more than 80 percent of Belco's 35,000 customers —...
DATE: Sep 21, 2010
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Shadow Attorney General Trevor Moniz wants to know what has happened to plans for an independent Law Reform Commission — but Government is staying silent.
MPs passed the Law Reform Commission Act in June last year, when Junior Justice Minister Michae...
DATE: Sep 17, 2010
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Government won't reveal any details of its planned clean-up of Morgan's Point — or say where the cash will come from if the US refuses fresh requests for it to pay for the costly work.
The majority of the 240-acre former US Naval Annex was handed ove...
DATE: Sep 17, 2010
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Cabinet has approved preliminary designs for a golf course at Morgan's Point — by a landscape architect described by Government earlier this year as not enough of "a household name".
A Government spokesman told The Royal Gazette in February it was de...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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Bermuda National Trust executive director Jennifer Gray has welcomed the signing of the land swap deal between Government and Southlands Ltd.
The agreement was completed on Monday, paving the way for the greenfield Southlands estate in Warwick to bec...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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A championship golf course has long been proposed for Morgan's Point and several names have been linked to the plans.
Golfing legend Jack Nicklaus was part of a controversial $250 million bid to transform the former base land into a booming tourist r...
DATE: Sep 16, 2010
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