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Ewing Street is heading into the final weeks of an extensive overhaul and beautification that has already resulted in new lamp posts and wider pavements being laid using dark pink bricks.
The trees have been surrounded by grates and the tangled overh...
DATE: Feb 24, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
The Bermuda Tourism Authority remains cautiously optimistic about prospects for the next 12 months despite seeing its budget cut by $1.4 million.
At $21.7 million, the proposed budget for tourism in 2015-16 is the lowest in more than 30 years.
But th...
DATE: Feb 24, 2015
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Whether you call it Back of Town or North Hamilton, the neighbourhoods north of Dundonald Street are among the Island’s cultural treasures.
Community activist Cleveland Simmons, who calls these streets home, is aiming for the area to get more of the ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Plans to erect a mobile cell tower in Devonshire have again been submitted to the Planning Department.
The application, received by the Department on February 13, proposes the erection of a 65-foot “cell-site on wheels” capable of extending to 100ft,...
DATE: Feb 24, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy has been accused by the Bermuda Entertainment Union (BEU) of railroading impending legislative changes without heeding the input of local artists.
The BEU was “not consulted, but simply pacified”, according union pr...
DATE: Feb 24, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two men were bailed in Magistrates’ Court this morning after they were formally charged with offences relating to debit card fraud.
Yan Infante-Almanzar, 20, of Pembroke, was charged with 20 counts of dishonestly obtaining goods from various merchant...
DATE: Feb 24, 2015
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Bermuda can only prosper from the 35th America’s Cup, according to sailing legend Dennis Conner.
The Island will host the prestigious regatta for the oldest trophy in international sport in June 2017, having beaten out several rival bids for the priv...
DATE: Feb 24, 2015
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Event
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Leaked legal documents relating to a Supreme Court action by the would-be developer of the Hamilton waterfront attack the constitutionality of the legislation that allowed Government to void the development and lease agreements, to which he was a par...
DATE: Feb 24, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Lovitta Foggo, the Shadow Minister for Education, has questioned whether Leah Scott should be retained as a junior minister.
After debate over a letter by the MP that bore striking similarities to a website article, the Progressive Labour Party last ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
The trial of a Paget man charged with sexually assaulting a young girl began yesterday in Supreme Court, with the complainant taking the stand.
The 46-year-old defendant has denied four counts of sexual exploitation and one count of sexual assault, w...
DATE: Feb 24, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes