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Thousands of revellers celebrated the Christmas season the Bermuda way on Saturday as Hamilton hosted the Christmas Boat Parade.Spectators lined Front Street and Albuoy’s Point, enjoying a line-up of impressively lighted boats and festive music.Donal...
DATE: Dec 10, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Storm force gusts are expected to hit Bermuda overnight, the national security ministry warned.
Residents were asked to take “extra care” outside in the morning as the streets could be strewn with debris.
The ministry said a low pressure system aroun...
DATE: Dec 10, 2018
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Fiona McWhirter
Seven motorists were arrested for impaired driving during roadside sobriety checks over the weekend.
The tests took place from Friday night until early yesterday morning in Hamilton Parish, Devonshire, Pembroke, Paget and Southampton.
A Bermuda Polic...
DATE: Dec 10, 2018
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Fiona McWhirter
Two vehicles were damaged and towed away after a crash in Sandys.
Police said a car travelling east in the Scaur Hill area of Somerset Road crashed with another car exiting Lantana Road at about 7.20pm on Friday.
The eastbound vehicle hit a wall and ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2018
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Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda has been warned that on present trends it is heading for a downward spiral of demographic and economic decline.
Experts added that the Government has taken a significant step back from fiscal targets set a year ago, with projected lower reven...
DATE: Dec 08, 2018
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Pupils from a public school and a private one joined forces yesterday to add some festive cheer to Hamilton.
Twenty children from Mount Saint Agnes Academy and Dellwood Middle School, took part in the second annual Dr EF Gordon Square tree decorating...
DATE: Dec 08, 2018
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Putting food on the table is a major worry for older residents, the head of an island charity said yesterday.
Claudette Fleming, the executive director of Age Concern, said members had raised concerns over price increases in a recent survey.
She said...
DATE: Dec 08, 2018
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Rules to head off European concerns about businesses that might set up shop on the island in name only to dodge taxes were tabled in the House of Assembly.
The legislation, tabled by Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, will require businesses ...
DATE: Dec 08, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A more efficient Government could emerge alongside changes to the tax system in efforts to shore up the public purse, MPs heard last night.
It was hoped a balance would be struck between trying to increase income while also cutting costs.
Legislator...
DATE: Dec 08, 2018
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A church service today celebrated the life of Terrence “Ted” Richards, who has died aged 59.
Mr Richards, the husband of education commissioner Kalmar Richards, was mourned in the House of Assembly yesterday.
Scott Simmons, a Progressive Labour Party...
DATE: Dec 08, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell