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Developers planning to build a new “family friendly” pub in the old Astwood Dickinson property in Hamilton have been granted a provisional licence to sell alcoholic drinks.
George Heracleous, from Zorba Ltd, told the Liquor Licensing Authority that h...
DATE: Jun 24, 2016
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Bermudians overwhelmingly rejected same-sex marriages and civil unions by a greater than two-to-one margin in the referendum yesterday.
However, the total number of votes cast was 20,804, or 46.89 per cent of the electorate, which is below the 50 per...
DATE: Jun 24, 2016
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Parliamentary registrar Tenia Woolridge warned voters yesterday not to forward potentially “misleading” voice notes and videos that were circulating regarding the referendum.
“The parliamentary registrar has been made aware that there are voice notes...
DATE: Jun 24, 2016
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Sam Strangeways
Pensions legislation will go before MPs in today’s House of Assembly session, with consideration of the Contributory Pensions Order 2016.
Two transport Bills are also due before the House: the Bermuda Shipping and Maritime Authority Act 2016, and the...
DATE: Jun 24, 2016
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A senior citizen found on the ground on Middle Road in Warwick over the weekend died in hospital at around noon yesterday.
According to a police spokesman, at around 9am on Sunday officers responded to a report of a man, later identified as 76-year-o...
DATE: Jun 24, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Senators have unanimously approved concessions for both Elbow Beach and the former Surf Side Beach Club intended to help support renovations.
A total of $11.8 million in concessions for the Elbow Beach Hotel were approved to support a $38 million red...
DATE: Jun 24, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Measures to rein in costly medical diagnostic tests will include the prohibition of “financially vested self-referrals”, according to the Ministry of Health.
The idea of regulation arose in late 2013 to a backdrop of rising health spending, with a co...
DATE: Jun 24, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Cross Island Legacy Committee has received a host of suggestions for the final usage of the Dockyard site, but are still looking for more suggestions.
They said some of the ideas included a “city” of shipping container businesses, a youth hostel ...
DATE: Jun 24, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A haul of fish brought in by residents of the Summerhaven assisted-living facility marks the start of new community initiatives for the facility.
“The residents are disabled, yes, but they have creative genius and when they realise that somebody’s pa...
DATE: Jun 24, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 30-year-old Southampton man facing a drugs charge had to be escorted from Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday after he complained of feeling ill.
Makonnan Lowe felt dizzy after he admitted possessing 6.54 grams of cannabis in Warwick on November 9 la...
DATE: Jun 24, 2016
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Court
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