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Lionfish is on the menu after it was found on the shelves of a Hamilton supermarket.
The Supermart on Front Street started selling the fresh fish after a recreational fisherman brought it to their butcher’s counter as an innovative approach to combat...
DATE: Mar 17, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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The Bermuda Optical Company is celebrating 60 years of business by donating $6,000 to local charities.
Managing director Timothy Kempe and vice-president Nicholas Comber presented $3,000 cheques to both the Bermuda Society for the Blind and the Salva...
DATE: Mar 17, 2016
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former Premier Sir John Swan said he was compelled to bring together the Bermuda Government and union representatives to form a constructive dialogue over immigration reform because his country is in a “perilous state”.
Sir John, who was Home Affairs...
DATE: Mar 17, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Union leader Chris Furbert said he would be prepared to go to jail as he rallied protesters in a fourth day of demonstrations at the House of Assembly yesterday.
Mr Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, urged campaigners not to rele...
DATE: Mar 17, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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John Buckley dreamt of completing 100 marathons.
With a mere 11 to go, the race walker was forced to quit when he had a pulmonary embolism diagnosed, caused by a blood clot in his lung.
“I literally couldn’t breathe,” he said, adding that for someon...
DATE: Mar 17, 2016
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Other
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A campaign group supporting the Pathways to Status immigration legislation has urged the House of Assembly to move forward with the Bill.
A statement from the group, We Support A Pathway To Bermuda Status, compared the present impasse to President Ba...
DATE: Mar 17, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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For the fifth day, demonstrators have gathered outside the House of Assembly in protest against the proposed Pathways to Status legislation.
A crowd of about 400 was in place by midday, having steadily risen throughout the morning.
Chris Furbert, pr...
DATE: Mar 17, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Celebrated musicians Taylor Rankin and Dwight Hart are set to perform and host workshops in a special event at Bermuda College this month.
Mr Rankin, his violin Leroy, and Mr Hart have been making a name for themselves in the international music indu...
DATE: Mar 17, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Grant Gibbons has been appointed acting Minister of Tourism Development and Transport, in the wake of Shawn Crockwell’s resignation last night.
Michael Dunkley, the Premier, announced the appointment this morning in a statement that said Dr Gibbons w...
DATE: Mar 17, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A 51-year-old Southampton man has been fined and banned from the roads for drink-driving.
Appearing in Magistrates’ Court this morning, Duane Durham pleaded guilty to driving on Middle Road in Southampton while impaired by alcohol on March 8.
The c...
DATE: Mar 17, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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