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Belco was yesterday still hard at work clearing an oil and water slick from a residential garden near its Pembroke plant.
The company said in a statement last night that the job had been given "top priority" and that workers had removed contaminated ...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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The Corporation of Hamilton will ask Government for millions of dollars in compensation if it is stopped from collecting wharfage fees, the city's Mayor revealed last night.
Charles Gosling told The Royal Gazette it was still unclear if City Hall wou...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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An "uncomplicated" amendment to the law aimed at giving reassurance to companies bidding to build Bermuda's new hospital has been passed by senators.
Attorney General Kim Wilson told the Upper Chamber on Monday that the Government Loans Amendment (No...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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Senators have approved new legislation which will impose a one-off fee on class four insurance companies.
The Insurance Companies (Special Fees) Act 2010 brings in the charge to cover the costs of enhanced supervisory standards.
Attorney General Kim ...
DATE: Aug 04, 2010
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Opposition senator Jeanne Atherden accused Government of "politricks" and "double speak" yesterday for giving conflicting statements about a redrawn electoral map which needs to be approved by Parliament.
But last night Dr. Brown rejected the critici...
DATE: Aug 03, 2010
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Labour and Immigration Minister David Burch insisted yesterday he was right to complain to firms whose employees sent him messages in support of the Corporation of Hamilton's Save Our City campaign.
Senator Burch told the Upper Chamber he got about 5...
DATE: Aug 03, 2010
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Cup Match spectators who slid across the pitch when play was cancelled due to rain behaved abominably, according to Government senator Marc Bean.
He told the Upper Chamber he watched in horror on Thursday afternoon as tourists and Bermudians alike de...
DATE: Aug 03, 2010
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Government could have been better prepared for the worst three-month drought to affect the Island in almost 50 years, according to a local water engineer.
Ian Saunders has analysed data for monthly rainfall for the last 47 years which shows that Apri...
DATE: Aug 02, 2010
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The Ministry of Works and Engineering will take over responsibility for Morgan's Point tomorrow — but it is staying tight-lipped about whether that means a multimillion dollar clean-up is due to begin.
Bermuda Land Development Company (BLDC) currentl...
DATE: Jul 31, 2010
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Civil service head Kenneth Dill has called on Public Accounts Committee chairman Bob Richards to withdraw a report which criticises the Department of Tourism for its dealings with American firm GlobalHue.
Major Dill wrote to the Shadow Finance Minist...
DATE: Jul 28, 2010
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