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Sylvan Richards, the Minister of Social Development and Sports, was told to leave the House of Assembly last night after he refused to apologise for comments he made during a heated motion to adjourn.
Progressive Labour MP Lawrence Scott was describi...
DATE: Feb 04, 2017
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Students from Prospect Primary School were all smiles yesterday morning as they got to play dentist and dental patient at Kerin Oral Care in Paget.
The practice holds a fun educational programme — Give Kids a Smile Day — each year that aims to teach ...
DATE: Feb 04, 2017
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Sarah Lagan
Chartered accountant Craig Mayor, a persistent critic of the airport redevelopment project, returned to the Public Accounts Committee yesterday, saying the Bermuda Government’s “methodology is nonsense, and the results are nonsense”.
Meanwhile, the c...
DATE: Feb 03, 2017
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The lights have been turned on at Caroline Bay as the redevelopment of Morgan’s Point barrels forward.
A utility trench, stretching a mile from the Southampton Railway Trail to the tip of the peninsula, has been completed, bringing power to the site,...
DATE: Feb 03, 2017
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Brian Peckett, the island’s first full-time anaesthetist and fondly known as Dr P, has died at the age of 90.
Dr Peckett’s arrival in Bermuda marked a leap forward for local medicine, where doctors had previously relied on colleagues to administer an...
DATE: Feb 03, 2017
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A Glebe Road resident has branded the decision of the Liquor Licensing Authority preventing the Belvin’s Variety store on his road from selling alcohol as “a victory for the little man”.
Rodney Smith provided the LLA with five binders of documents an...
DATE: Feb 03, 2017
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Preparations for this year’s Ag Show at the Botanical Gardens are well under way, according to organisers.
The 2017 event, which will take place between April 20 and 22, will see the return of the tug-o-war competitions as well as the usual collectio...
DATE: Feb 03, 2017
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A long break from Parliament ends today for MPs as the House of Assembly reconvenes to debate legislation ranging from business to immigration and casino gaming.
The introduction of the Land Title Registry, several years in the making, will be brough...
DATE: Feb 03, 2017
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
By certain measures, Bermuda’s economy is on the road to recovery — but for some sections of society the patient remains as sick as ever.
The Royal Gazette visited the island’s newest feeding programme to speak with guests, and asked charity workers ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2017
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Jonathan Bell
More than 2,500 people were signed up on Financial Assistance as of December last year, according to social development minister Sylvan Richards.
In total, 2,521 people were signed up, of whom 2,171 were black and 324 were white, Mr Richards told the...
DATE: Feb 03, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell