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Randy Horton told yesterday how “appalled” he was at the scenes that unfolded outside the House of Assembly on Friday and admitted he “probably should have moved faster” to adjourn that day’s parliamentary proceedings.
The Speaker of the House told T...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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Sam Strangeways
Their mission was to put a smile on children’s faces.
“That’s actually our motto,” said Berkeley Institute S4 student Jahkaya Douglas, who teamed up with six others to design and build an elaborate Christmas display from scratch for charity. It worke...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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The America’s Cup might end up being good for the island — but why hasn’t the One Bermuda Alliance found the money to take care of the people?
That was just one of many questions from residents of Warwick South Central, the traditional Progressive La...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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Environmental groups have urged walkers to stop piling rocks on top of each other in the island’s national parks.
The Bermuda Audubon Society and the Bermuda National Trust say the practice of prising rocks from the natural formations and creating to...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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Trash collectors have been injured 15 times so far this year, with more than 1,000 hours of lost time — prompting the Ministry of Public Works to urge residents to think of their safety when disposing of household waste.
Items in trash that cause the...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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The Bermuda Police Service has cautioned the public to be on the watch for criminal activity as the holiday season approaches.
Sean Field-Lament, acting Assistant Commissioner of Police, said that as commercial activity increases in the build-up to C...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
An independent inquiry should look into communications between the government and police as officers prepared to take on protesters blocking the gates to Parliament, Walter Roban, the Shadow Minister of National Security, said this evening.
Five days...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda Industrial Union president Chris Furbert has warned “the same thing” could happen again if the airport redevelopment debate goes ahead on Friday.
Mr Furbert told The Royal Gazette the chances of a repeat of last week’s protest outside the Hou...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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The campaign group Curb has declared its shock that riot police were deployed against “non-violent, unarmed individuals” during last Friday’s protest outside the House of Assembly.
“We further deplore the indiscriminate use of pepper spray, the first...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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The Department of Education has this afternoon released details of the plan to bus TN Tatem students to Clearwater Middle School.
According to a statement this afternoon, a series of buses will collect students from several areas in Paget and Warwick...
DATE: Dec 07, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes