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Bermuda could permanently lose its on-island air ambulance next month unless an investor willing to buy the business for $2 million comes forward.
The service stopped operating temporarily at the end of last year as owners Eloise Bell and Sheldon Smi...
DATE: May 14, 2012
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The new team in charge of the City of Hamilton held its first press conference today, pledging to keep its election promises and conduct a full review of the way the capital is run.
Mayor Graeme Outerbridge, who beat incumbent Charles Gosling by 109 ...
DATE: May 11, 2012
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Bermuda’s water supply and its sustainability will be up for discussion at a meeting taking place next week at BUEI Tradewinds Auditorium.
The “Community Conversation” at 6pm on Thursday, May 10, has been organised by the Sustainable Development Roun...
DATE: May 09, 2012
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A campaign launched by The Royal Gazette to raise $1 million for the New Beginnings Education Trust so it can continue to help young people has been praised in the Upper Chamber.
Government Senator Diallo Rabain said yesterday he wanted to “take time...
DATE: May 03, 2012
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A charity has raised concerns about how an elderly woman who was financially exploited by her granddaughters will be protected from abuse in the future.
Age Concern said yesterday the Supreme Court convictions of sisters Lorraine Smith and Audra-Ann ...
DATE: May 02, 2012
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Bermuda Regiment recruits on an overseas training exercise are facing the opposite problem to their loved ones at home — the rain in Jamaica just won’t stop.
As Island residents here pray for tank rain, more than a hundred Regiment soldiers taking pa...
DATE: May 02, 2012
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Sisters Lorraine Smith and Audra-Ann Bean were today convicted of stealing almost half a million dollars from their 87-year-old grandmother Lenice Tucker.
A unanimous Supreme Court jury found Smith, 46, of Lusher Hill, Warwick, guilty of one count of...
DATE: Apr 26, 2012
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A spike in retroactive planning fees could “further stifle” construction at a time when the sector cannot afford it, according to industry members.
The Construction Association of Bermuda criticised the 900 percent increase in retroactive planning pe...
DATE: Apr 09, 2012
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A budding young artist from Warwick Academy has scooped a $500 prize for her class after winning this year’s Belco Bird Kite Safety Poster Competition.
Six-year-old Marli Spriggs also received a handcrafted Bermuda kite made by Belco fitter apprentic...
DATE: Apr 07, 2012
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The fee for homeowners and businesses who start building work without planning permission has risen by 900 percent, with the largest developments now attracting a charge of more than $25,000.
The increased cost for retroactive approval came into effe...
DATE: Apr 04, 2012
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