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Cabinet ministers Mark Pettingill and Shawn Crockwell say they will not step down over Jetgate — despite fresh calls today from the Opposition for them to do so.
Opposition leader Marc Bean said in a statement earlier that Craig Cannonier, who resign...
DATE: May 20, 2014
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Firefighters are battling a blaze at a construction yard on Quarry Hill Road in Warwick following reports of an explosion in the area.
Three fire engines are at the scene and firefighters are hosing down the flames at the property — which includes a ...
DATE: May 20, 2014
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Deputy Premier Michael Dunkley said today that the community would get answers on the Jetgate controversy which has plunged the One Bermuda Alliance into crisis and led to calls for Premier Craig Cannonier to resign.
Mr Dunkley was asked at a press ...
DATE: May 19, 2014
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A judge has ordered that almost $60,000 in damages be paid to a man who suffered “one of the most unpleasant experiences that a human can undergo” at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Father-of-two Kamal Williams was forced to wait more than ten hou...
DATE: May 15, 2014
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Environmentalists are calling on Government to keep its word and introduce vehicle emission limits.
Legislation setting out acceptable levels of air pollution has yet to be tabled in Parliament, even though millions of dollars of taxpayers’ money has...
DATE: May 14, 2014
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Sam Strangeways
Vehicle emissions and other pollutants are partly to blame for falling amphibian numbers in Bermuda, according to an expert.
Jamie Bacon, a research associate with the Bermuda Zoological Society, told The Royal Gazette that emissions from cars, bikes...
DATE: May 14, 2014
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Vehicle emissions and other pollutants are partly to blame for falling amphibian numbers in Bermuda, according to an expert.
Jamie Bacon, a research associate with the Bermuda Zoological Society, told The Royal Gazette that emissions from cars, bikes...
DATE: May 13, 2014
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Environment
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Sam Strangeways
Government has renewed a private company’s contentious contract to carry out emissions testing on all vehicles — despite having yet to legislate on acceptable levels of air pollution.
Bermuda Emissions Control Ltd (BECL) was awarded a five-year multi...
DATE: May 13, 2014
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Thousands of primary school students are sitting a controversial test to determine if they are gifted and talented this week — but teachers in at least one school are considering boycotting the exam.
Educators at Port Royal Primary School in Southamp...
DATE: May 08, 2014
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Education
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Sam Strangeways
City Hall’s new task force on homelessness has met with Community Minister Wayne Scott to discuss plans for a “one stop shop” for those living rough on the Island.
Mr Scott was invited to join in a meeting with members last Wednesday, in what committ...
DATE: May 07, 2014
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