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Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has told MPs how she was “beaten for breakfast, dinner, lunch and tea” by her ex-husband.
The Minister of Community, Culture and Sport spoke of her experiences as a young woman during a debate on setting up a joint select com...
DATE: Mar 11, 2016
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The chairman of the Commission of Inquiry could be paid $700 per day in addition to expenses, Michael Dunkley told the House of Assembly.
Meanwhile, the three other members investigating how taxpayers’ money was handled under the former Progressive L...
DATE: Mar 11, 2016
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Tourism was hit hard by yesterday’s industrial action, according to Bermuda Tourism Authority and Bermuda Hotel Association.
And a continuation could cost the island dearly.
Both organisations called the work stoppages “counterproductive to the fragi...
DATE: Mar 11, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Adrian Robson
The City of Hamilton has thanked residents and businesses for their patience in the wake of today’s island-wide work stoppage.
In a statement released this morning the Corporation said services had been delayed, but revealed that staff were taking on...
DATE: Mar 11, 2016
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Efforts to save a “majestic” tamarind tree by the City of Hamilton have been applauded by the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce.
The tree at the Cedar Avenue entrance to Victoria Park was blown over when Hurricane Fay swept over the isl...
DATE: Mar 10, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Parliament protester Enda Matthie, who is on a “hunger strike” outside Sessions House to draw legislators’ attention to the plight of ordinary Bermudians, was joined overnight and yesterday by supporters.
Ms Matthie, who told The Royal Gazette she h...
DATE: Mar 10, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A question about public access to information in Bermuda has been raised in the United Kingdom Parliament.
Catherine West, Shadow Minister for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, asked James Duddridge, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealt...
DATE: Mar 10, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A recalled statement by the People’s Campaign urged the public to join an “island-wide withdrawal of labour” tomorrow to protest against immigration reforms.
At 1.59pm yesterday, the pressure group sent the media the press release, announced “in soli...
DATE: Mar 10, 2016
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Politics
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The Ministry of Public Works is set to increase its revenue this year by selling government-owned buildings, according to minister Craig Cannonier.
During the budget debate yesterday, Mr Cannonier noted that a 30 per cent increase in revenue is expec...
DATE: Mar 10, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A shipwreck discovered off the coast of North Carolina could be a Confederate blockade runner that ran perilous journeys between Bermuda and the United States.
The iron-hulled steamer was found at the end of last month off a beach near Wilmington, ac...
DATE: Mar 10, 2016
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