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At least half of the jobs being created through the development of the Pink Beach Hotel will be promised to Bermudians, according to developer Sardis.
There will be an estimated between 80 and 100 construction jobs and about 50 other jobs once the ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Government is seeking a price tag for its water supply system at the West End, for a possible sale of the infrastructure to Watlington Waterworks.
That tentative deal was proposed under a 2010 memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the company, wh...
DATE: Mar 04, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Check up on dog walkers before entrusting your pet to another person, a retired animal welfare officer has warned after being besieged by unleashed dogs in a public park.
The incident on Monday involved a dog walker at Shelly Bay Park, according to D...
DATE: Mar 04, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The appointment of Gitanjali Gutiérrez to the $180,000-a-year role as Bermuda’s first Information Commissioner begins “a seismic shift”, as former Premier Paula Cox described the legislation creating the position in 2011.
However, it has been a five-...
DATE: Mar 04, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
New landslides along Southlands beach have prompted fresh calls for the area to be given full national park protection.
The stretch of coastline in Warwick has long been subject to wave and wind erosion prompting parts of the cliff to collapse.
In th...
DATE: Mar 04, 2015
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Government overspent by almost $23 million across seven ministries in the 2014-15 fiscal year, according to supplemental estimates tabled this morning in the House of Assembly.
The top “offender” was financial assistance, at $5.6 million, under the M...
DATE: Mar 04, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Belco has informed motorists of a road closure in Devonshire this evening.
The section of Parsons Lane between Old Military Road and Orange Valley Road will be closed after rush hour tonight until approximately noon Thursday.
It is being closed for ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A total of $60,000 has been paid out to the woman who said she was molested by Kevin Brown, son of former Premier Ewart Brown.
Brown was found to have been negligent and that his conduct caused harm to the complainant Myesha Daniels, who had gone to...
DATE: Mar 03, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda has been treated “like a stepchild” with the appointment of Gitanjali Gutiérrez as the Island’s first information commissioner, over the preferred candidates chosen by the Bermuda Government in consultation with the Opposition.
Marc Bean, lea...
DATE: Mar 03, 2015
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CATEGORY:
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The trial of a man accused of assaulting Junior National Security Minister Jeff Baron began yesterday with the senator telling the court that he was attempting to stop the defendant from driving drunk.
Victor Moore Johnston, 46, of Hamilton Parish, h...
DATE: Mar 03, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes