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The City of Hamilton continued its battle for survival yesterday in the face of a government plan to turn both of the island’s municipalities into quangos and end local elections.
The Supreme Court earlier ruled that the Municipalities Reform Act was...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Dutch bank employee has embarked on a mission to remember more than 280 soldiers – including five Bermudians – who gave their lives in the liberation of Europe in the Second World War.
Oscar Huisman, said his village of Overloon was the site of a c...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Subscribers to www.royalgazette.com and other Royal Gazette digital properties are to be asked to change their passwords this week as part of a security upgrade for the website.
A Royal Gazette spokesman said: “In the past year we have made a numbe...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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Plans for the new session of Parliament could be hit by a lack of cash, a top economist warned last night.
Craig Simmons, a Bermuda College lecturer, added that last Friday’s Throne Speech lacked detail.
Mr Simmons said the speech was “ambitious”. He...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Covid-19 outbreaks have hit schools in the wake of a return to classes after the midterm break, the education minister has said.
Diallo Rabain said: “There have been some. They are private matters.
He added: “There have been a few – there have been v...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Cruise ship casinos may be able to operate 24 hours a day while berthed in Bermuda under new legislation.
Casinos on ships can only open between 9pm and 5am in Bermuda’s waters at present.
But cruise operators would be allowed to apply for an extensi...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government should have dealt with a property dispute before it started work that has left a section of a main commuter route limited to a single lane, the Opposition said today.
Susan Jackson, the One Bermuda Alliance spokeswoman on transport, sa...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman has denied throwing a party that broke Covid-19 regulations.
Shermaine Murphy, 46, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court on Monday to organising an event called “Pandemic Saturdays – Wet and Wild Edition” that had more than 50 people in at...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A new head teacher has been appointed at Saltus Grammar School, it was revealed tonight.
Julie Rousseau, from Canada, will take over from Deryn Lavell at the private school next summer.
Ms Rousseau said: “I am thrilled to be appointed as the next hea...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A friendly society told a court yesterday that a police investigation should be launched into the reasons it was denied permission to provide motor insurance.
Craig Walls, a member of the Bentley Friendly Society, told the Supreme Court: “It is scand...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes