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Officials have banned some athletes from taking part in the Youth Olympics in China over fears that the deadly Ebola virus outbreak could spread.
Bermuda has sent a team of seven athletes to the Games in Nanjing, China, which kick off today.
Althoug...
DATE: Aug 16, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Smash-hit British TV talent show The X-Factor will be filming in Bermuda this month.
The programme — an American Idol-style singing competition created by Simon Cowell — attracts millions of viewers in the UK.
And judge Louis Walsh, a renowned enter...
DATE: Aug 16, 2014
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A Bermudian businessman has been accused of charging overseas entrepreneurs thousands of dollars for work that was never completed.
But financial advisor Spencer Conway insisted his company was justified in charging the fees after carrying out “a sco...
DATE: Aug 16, 2014
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The introduction of a “port fee” for Dockyard tour operators is being contemplated, as the West End Development Corporation seeks extra revenue to cover sweeping renovations of its historic buildings.
The news was met with dismay by Shadow Transport ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The satirical eye of acclaimed US cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher has been trained fondly on Bermuda this summer — and from tonight, his creations during his stay will appear at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art.
The artist, also known as KAL, has wo...
DATE: Aug 15, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Island’s “culture of bad driving behaviour” has led to nine deaths so far in 2014, plus 848 collisions — 80 of them serious.
And the latest police statistics prompted Carlton Crockwell of the Road Safety Council to call road conditions “a nationa...
DATE: Aug 15, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A summer of discontent is a sign of a healthy democracy, Premier Michael Dunkley said this week.
But he warned that Government would not be swayed “by veiled threats about escalation and intimidation”.
“That doesn’t roll with me,” he said. “I will ce...
DATE: Aug 15, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The start of the first major battle of the First World War was yesterday commemorated by the City of Hamilton.
And the widow of a soldier who marched off to war nearly 100 years ago was the guest of honour at the City Hall ceremony.
Joseph Levon, the...
DATE: Aug 15, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A plan to uproot trees on Ewing Street has been scrapped after public protests.
The Corporation of Hamilton revealed yesterday that it was backing down and would not remove a row of 50-year-old French oaks from a median in the road.
Mayor Graeme Oute...
DATE: Aug 15, 2014
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Pleas by residents to stop a cell phone tower being installed near their homes have been heard by planners.
The Development Applications Board (DAB) held a meeting on Wednesday morning to allow concerned neighbours to speak out against the controver...
DATE: Aug 15, 2014
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