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One Bermuda Alliance Senator Vic Ball, who was sworn in yesterday, believes that attracting foreign investment will be key to boosting employment in Bermuda.
Senator Ball has replaced Nalton Brangman, who stepped down from the role this week to focu...
DATE: Nov 07, 2014
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Sarah Lagan
With the Government set to announce its plans for the legislative period at the Throne Speech this morning, several organisations have spoken out about what they hope to see.
Sheelagh Cooper, of the Coalition for the Protection of Children, said the ...
DATE: Nov 07, 2014
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Thirty-five runners from Bermuda will compete in races in Philadelphia this month, raising money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Bermuda.
Hundreds of dollars have already been pledged and it is hoped the total will eventually climb into the tho...
DATE: Nov 07, 2014
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Scott Neil
Government must continue to be bold in today’s Throne Speech to get Bermuda back on track, according to Sir John Swan.
The former UBP Premier told The Royal Gazette that Bermuda needed to become more of a global economy in the next 12 months, and he ...
DATE: Nov 07, 2014
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The Chief Justice has bemoaned the lack of ‘civility and cooperation’ between the Corporation of Hamilton and Government.
Ian Kawaley’s comments came as he ruled the City’s clamping policy invalid because it had not been advertised properly.
In a wri...
DATE: Nov 07, 2014
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A referendum on gaming in the early months of this year was one of a string of high-profile pledges made in the last Throne Speech.
Delivered by Governor George Fergusson on November 8, the Speech outlined plans for everything from gambling to discou...
DATE: Nov 07, 2014
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A cruise ship worker involved in a plot to smuggle $53,000 worth of cocaine into Bermuda has lost an appeal of his jail sentence.
Jamaican national Delroy Duncan was imprisoned for nine years in June, 2012, after his co-conspirator, Clarence James — ...
DATE: Nov 07, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
More than $200,000 in criminal proceeds has been handed out to community projects.
The “cash back for communities” initiative led to five groups — North Village Community Club, Pembroke Hamilton Club, Team Street Safe, Focus Counselling and Family Ce...
DATE: Nov 07, 2014
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Springtime arrivals from cruise ships were up ten percent on the previous year’s figures, but air arrivals in the second quarter dropped by 2.5 percent, with a total of 73,122 visitors coming through LF Wade International Airport.
The figures, releas...
DATE: Nov 07, 2014
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s open spaces sustained devastating damage during Hurricane Gonzalo and Tropical Storm Fay that will take more than a year to clear up.
The National Trust, which is responsible for 272 acres of open land as well as scores of listed buildings,...
DATE: Nov 07, 2014
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