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Janie Brown has lived in Bermuda for 23 years, employs a predominantly Bermudian workforce in her dental practice and has two Bermudian children.
And yet, without status, the US native can still be made to feel like a “second-class citizen” in her ad...
DATE: Mar 09, 2016
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For Dana Simmons, walking in her father’s military footsteps more than 70 years later proved a deeply moving experience.
Lieutenant Donald Wight Giddings was stationed in Bermuda between 1943 and 1944 to train soldiers bound for the Second World War ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2016
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The Corporation of Hamilton, left liable for a “misappropriated” $18 million loan for a hotel on Par-la-Ville car park, has come a crucial step closer to refinancing its bad debt.
Charles Gosling, Hamilton’s mayor, said his administration had been sa...
DATE: Mar 09, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Raymond Augustus, a well-liked funeral director and an iconic figure of the Friswells Hill neighbourhood, will be laid to rest this Saturday after his death last week at the age of 57.
His brother, David Augustus Sr, who worked alongside him at the f...
DATE: Mar 09, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A policeman who tipped off another officer, warning her that her home might be searched as part of a money-laundering investigation, has been cleared in Magistrates’ Court.
Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo acquitted Emmerson Carrington, 50, of Devonshire, ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2016
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The merging of two departments is expected to bring some cost savings to the Ministry of the Environment, the House of Assembly heard yesterday morning.
Minister for the environment Jeanne Atherden said the Department of the Environment and Natural R...
DATE: Mar 09, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Many supporters of the Bermuda Government’s Pathways to Status plan are “absolutely terrified” to publicly back it because of the Opposition’s “nasty” and racially charged “campaign of misinformation”, according to Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home ...
DATE: Mar 09, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The finale of Downton Abbey will be shown on Sunday and Monday after dismayed fans were deprived of the show due to technical issues last weekend.
As reported in The Royal Gazette today, viewers missed the farewell episode of the highly popular Bri...
DATE: Mar 09, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Duty relief for retailers looking to upgrade their stores will be extended for another five years after the approval of legislation in the House of Assembly.
The Retail Shops (Temporary Customs Duty Relief for Capital Investments) Amendment Act, pres...
DATE: Mar 09, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Staff at three local community centres have had their contracts renewed.
The founder and chairwoman of the Coalition for the Protection of Children, Sheelagh Cooper, raised concerns in October after the Bermuda Government cut back its funding for the...
DATE: Mar 09, 2016
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