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For David Lopes, livestock is a way of life and the Agricultural Exhibition has been an important part of that life since he was just a boy.
The 72-year-old dairy farmer hasn’t missed a show since he first participated in the early 1950s aside from t...
DATE: Feb 14, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
Shadow Minister for Transport Lawrence Scott had high praise for this week’s road safety summit and said he would gladly join a task force to be created in the coming weeks to address the Island’s dangerous roads.
Mr Scott said he found the calling o...
DATE: Feb 14, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
By Jonathan Bell
British Opposition leader and would-be Prime Minister Ed Miliband’s threat to blacklist Bermuda as a tax haven was attributed by Premier Michael Dunkley to pre-election ploys.
Speaking at yesterday’s House of Assembly, the Premier st...
DATE: Feb 14, 2015
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Legislation offering America’s Cup-related concessions was approved by the House of Assembly last night, with both parties promising unequivocal support.
Minister of Economic Development Grant Gibbons explained that the legislation represented the Go...
DATE: Feb 14, 2015
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The “New Bermuda” has been highlighted by WestJet Magazine in an article published online this week.
The article by Pamela Cuthbert hails the Island’s traditional virtues, while expressing excitement about future developments.
“This Atlantic Ocean is...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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A band of pirates yesterday invaded the Bermuda Regiment HQ in a bid to kidnap Commanding Officer Lt Col Michael Foster-Brown for ransom.
Col Foster-Brown — who repelled the boarders with his ceremonial sword before allowing himself to be taken priso...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee David Burt expressed concerns about government interference as the committee was set to hear evidence about spending on the 35th America’s Cup.
While the committee was scheduled to ask questions of William Fr...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
For anyone who drives to work along Frog Lane the smiling face of Richard Warner as he waves to passing motorists is a cheery distraction from the morning trudge to Hamilton.
But, to the children and staff of Prospect Primary, the ever-present custod...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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More than 500 Permanent Residence Certificate holders are still in limbo, awaiting approval for Bermudian status as Government struggles to work through a backlog of applications.
A judgment last year on the case of Carne and Correia paved the way f...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Warwick teenager was sentenced to 12 months in prison for having unlawful carnal knowledge of an underage girl between the ages of 14 and 16 when he appeared in Supreme Court.
At a previous court appearance, Malik Zuill, 18, had pleaded guilty to t...
DATE: Feb 13, 2015
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