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Extra flights are operating from LF Wade International Airport tomorrow to get visitors out of Bermuda before Hurricane Gonzalo hits.
But the airport will close at 9pm tomorrow and remain closed on Friday.
The Emergency Measures Organisation (EMO) sa...
DATE: Oct 15, 2014
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Airlines are advising travellers with plans for later this week and this weekend to keep checking their websites for updates in relation to Hurricane Gonzalo.
The storm is forecast to reach Bermuda, potentially as a Category 4 hurricane, by Friday lu...
DATE: Oct 14, 2014
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Premier Michael Dunkley has assured civil servants they will continue to be consulted on public sector reform — on the same day the Island’s white-collar union rejected proposals released by Government earlier this year.
The Bermuda Public Services U...
DATE: Oct 07, 2014
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More than $35 million in pension arrears is owed to the public purse from delinquent employers — $20 million more than in 2008 when tougher penalties were brought in for those breaking the law.
A Ministry of Finance spokesman admitted yesterday that ...
DATE: Oct 01, 2014
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Homeowners should be encouraged to rent their properties to tourists and ought to be initially exempt from hotel occupancy tax, according to the Opposition.
The Progressive Labour Party said yesterday that reform of the law regulating tourist accommo...
DATE: Sep 03, 2014
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New tourism properties that sleep less than ten people should be exempt from hotel occupancy tax for their first three years in business, according to the Opposition.
The Progressive Labour Party, responding to a front-page story in today’s edition o...
DATE: Sep 02, 2014
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The Ombudsman is “more likely than not” to issue a special report on the Government’s reaction to a finding that it failed to protect a historic cemetery at Tucker’s Town.
Victoria Pearman told The Royal Gazette that the Department of Planning had re...
DATE: Aug 26, 2014
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The Department of Health has moved to allay fears that its free fluoride supplement programme for children could be axed.
Two sources, neither of whom would be named, told The Royal Gazette that the cost of the scheme came up at a recent meeting of h...
DATE: Aug 21, 2014
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Elected officials at the Corporation of Hamilton have yet to sign up to a new code of conduct and guidelines for meetings issued by Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy — and one senior member insists he and others will not be doing so.
Alderman Carlto...
DATE: Aug 21, 2014
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Police have been asked by a group of concerned individuals to investigate the desecration of historic tombstones at Tucker’s Town.
Five people have jointly filed the complaint with the Bermuda Police Service and have been told, they say, that the mat...
DATE: Aug 14, 2014
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