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Tropical Storm Colin — now a post-tropical cyclone — is not a threat to Bermuda, although it is still forecast to pass well to the north of the island.
According to the National Hurricane Centre, the storm was moving away from the East Coast of the U...
DATE: Jun 07, 2016
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Boaters are being asked to do their part to protect the nesting sites of the common tern — the critically endangered cousin of the Bermuda longtail.
A government spokeswoman said that there are only five nesting pairs in Bermuda, who lay clutches of ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2016
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Police have responded to a report of wilful damage at a public male bathroom, located at the junction of Victoria Street and Washington Street.
It appears that over the weekend someone entered the bathroom and wrote what are being described as hate...
DATE: Jun 07, 2016
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Sarah Lagan
Volunteers from two local firms recently lent a hand at the National Museum of Bermuda, helping to preserve 25 historical cannon.
Despite the bad weather, teams from Aon Benfield Bermuda and KRyS Global — about 35 volunteers in all — went to the muse...
DATE: Jun 07, 2016
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Rolfe Commissiong has suggested that the Employment Act needs to be amended so that employers are obliged to pay overtime rates to employees working in excess of 40 hours a week.
During the motion to adjourn in the House of Assembly on Friday, he sai...
DATE: Jun 06, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, has defended his position in face of accusations that he did not adhere to financial instructions over the release of key information about the Bermuda Government’s airport plans.
Shadow minister and chairman o...
DATE: Jun 06, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Progressive Labour Party MP Diallo Rabain has accused the Bermuda Government of issuing “essentially illegal” work permits to motor mechanics, landscape gardeners, electricians and welders.
Mr Rabain said he was “shocked” to learn from responses to p...
DATE: Jun 06, 2016
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The Bermuda Government is investigating after a Public Works vehicle was photographed with a sticker supporting the Preserve Marriage campaign.
The bumper sticker on one of the Government’s Toyota vehicles, urged people to “vote no twice” in oppositi...
DATE: Jun 06, 2016
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David Burt, the acting Leader of the Opposition, said he was “shocked” by an editorial he read in The Royal Gazette about a perceived lack of public protest over gun crime, and called on the editor to make a retraction.
Mr Burt described the editoria...
DATE: Jun 06, 2016
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Ramadan in Bermuda will begin tonight at sundown, as the Islamic world prepares to mark its holy month.
During this time each year, Muslims refrain from eating and drinking during sunlight hours in order to refocus their priorities in life.
“I see...
DATE: Jun 06, 2016
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