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An afternoon of high tension in the House of Assembly ended with Marc Bean, the Leader of the Opposition, being escorted out of the Chamber by the sergeant-at-arms and a police officer.
Mr Bean was suspended from the House until next week after a mot...
DATE: May 16, 2015
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International Bermudian charity KATKiDS is stepping up its aid appeal for Nepal after another serious earthquake shook the region.
The charity is seeking financial donations for two organisations, Asha Nepal and Gentle Rain Nepal, who now urgently ne...
DATE: May 16, 2015
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The Bermuda Electric Light Company has been awarded a $4.5 million government contract to replace the street lights throughout Bermuda with light-emitting diodes, or LED, luminaires.
The contract was announced in Tuesday’s Royal Gazette. Among the ad...
DATE: May 16, 2015
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Rebecca Zuill
Bermuda’s lack of net debt reduction was flagged as a matter of concern by the Auditor General in her audited financial statements relating to the consolidated fund mentioned in the House of Assembly yesterday.
The annual accounts of the Bermuda Gove...
DATE: May 16, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
A woman who admitted assaulting a man at the bus terminal and spitting at officers was sentenced yesterday to time served.
Saudia Virgil, 49, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court of assaulting Joseph Fray in Pembroke and officers a...
DATE: May 16, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A local cabbie’s innovative scheme to promote the 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda has been scuttled by Transport Control Department authorities.
Paul Trew has been ordered to remove an image of Emirates Team New Zealand’s AC72 catamaran spread across t...
DATE: May 16, 2015
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A man who was accidentally shot during an armed robbery by his partner-in-crime has been jailed for 7½ years.
Taariq Clarke, 24, from Pembroke, admitted charges of aggravated burglary and using a firearm to commit an indictable offence in connection ...
DATE: May 16, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Walton Brown, the Shadow Minister for Immigration, has said the House of Assembly was “brought into disrepute” yesterday after Public Works Minister Craig Cannonier disclosed that Mr Brown made a request through the Public Access to Information (PATI...
DATE: May 16, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
In the wake of some public confusion over whether the One Bermuda Alliance paid for Finance Minister Bob Richards to appear on television, the governing party stated yesterday that there had been no transaction involved.
Mr Richards’s ZBM appearance ...
DATE: May 16, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
A motion opposing the proposed redevelopment of LF Wade International Airport and calling for a public request for proposal process to take place was defeated last night by government MPs.
The motion, moved by David Burt, the Shadow Minister for Fina...
DATE: May 16, 2015
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