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A German tall ship sailed into St. George's last night just before 9.30 p.m.
The 140ft long Thor Heyerdahl is visiting the Island for a couple of days on its way from Havana, Cuba, to the Azores. The sail training vessel has 47 people on board.
DATE: Mar 02, 2010
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A two-hour power cut affected about 18,400 households across the Island this morning, according to Belco.
A spokeswoman said it happened just before 9 a.m. and was caused by a “faulty voltage sensing relay”.
The problem affected four engines in Belco...
DATE: Mar 02, 2010
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Emergency room doctor Tiffany Keenan went to Haiti to tend to earthquake victims — and found herself running an airport.
The King Edward VII Memorial Hospital medic has just returned from five weeks in the Caribbean country, where she took charge of ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2010
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Bermuda's unstaffed Washington DC office will have its activities strengthened this year at a cost to taxpayers of $320,000.
Finance Minister Paula Cox told the House of Assembly during her Budget presentation on Friday: "The September 2009 opening o...
DATE: Mar 01, 2010
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Past and present students of Dalton E. Tucker Primary School took to the streets on Saturday to celebrate an important anniversary.
About 100 people took part in a march from White Hill field to the school on Middle Road, Southampton to mark the 94th...
DATE: Mar 01, 2010
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The completion of the new Hamilton Police and court building will cost taxpayers almost $34 million this year, bringing the total cost of the development to nearly $92 million.
The 2010/11 Budget gives total allowed funding (TAF) for the project of $...
DATE: Feb 27, 2010
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Raising payroll tax will do nothing to help struggling companies and could lead to job losses and a prolonged recession, business leaders warned yesterday.
Finance Minister Paula Cox announced a hike for standard payroll tax from 14 percent to 16 per...
DATE: Feb 27, 2010
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Government has delayed work to clean up Morgan's Point while it seeks "alternative funding sources", the Ministry of Works and Engineering revealed yesterday.
Permanent secretary Robert Horton told The Royal Gazette that the "main clear-up" of enviro...
DATE: Feb 26, 2010
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Government wants Southlands Ltd. to get a five-star hotel chain on board for Morgan's Point before the land exchange is completed, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
A Government spokesman told this newspaper yesterday that the Southlands owners have indi...
DATE: Feb 25, 2010
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Businessman Nelson Hunt told a radio show yesterday that Government was trying to destroy the reputations of himself and his Southlands Ltd. partners.
A Government spokesman said on Tuesday that Mr. Hunt, Brian Duperreault and Craig Christensen were ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2010
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