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Auditor-General Heather Thomas has urged the Bermuda Government to take action after revealing net debt had reached $3.7 billion.
The statements of the Consolidated Fund for the year ending March 2017, tabled in the House on Friday, showed net debt h...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff
Bermudian horse trainer Marvin Ford has been hailed as a future star after a stunning singing performance on a hit BBC show.
Mr Ford landed in the limelight after he was hired to be a body double in an advertisement — but instead became the Unexpecte...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A foul smell on Front Street has been pinpointed to a broken main sewage pipe, the City of Hamilton said yesterday.
The odour, which has plagued the junction with King Street for at least two weeks, was at first blamed on the release of “odorous resi...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Ten collisions were reported on island roads this weekend, down from the 21 the weekend before.
Eight people were arrested on suspicion of impaired driving and seven failed breath tests.
The Bermuda Police Service said officers would continue their...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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The Bermuda Government has signed a major tax agreement with the United States.
The Country by Country Competent Authority Agreement means that the Government has satisfied the Internal Revenue Service’s data safeguards review and complies with the O...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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A 32-year-old motorcyclist who hit a police officer on a busy pedestrianised lane was yesterday fined $2,750 and banned from the roads for a year.
Colvin Brown, from Hamilton Parish, told Magistrates’ Court that he had been punched in the face and wa...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Court
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News Staff
A condition survey of 31 public schools is expected to be finished by the end of next March.
David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, told the House of Assembly the timeline would enable “proper planning and preparation” and would be done with help...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Corporation workers will embark on trenching work at the junction of Front and King Street this Sunday.
A City spokeswoman said that repairs to the force main would be undertaken and that motorists should exercise caution in the area.
“Trenching will...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service has issued a flyer on fire safety ahead of the Christmas period.
Fairy lights, candles, paper hats, Christmas trees and decorations are all potential dangers, the BFRS warned.
• To see the flyer, click on the PDF under...
DATE: Dec 12, 2017
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A community activist’s dream of establishing Bermuda’s first grief camp to help children deal with loss has moved a step closer.
Gina Spence hopes to launch a bereavement camp to support the scores of grieving youngsters who have lost family to gun c...
DATE: Dec 11, 2017
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