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A public alert system will be implemented when pollution from Hamilton’s Seabright sewage outfall is detected in bathing waters around nearby south shore beaches, Environment Minister Trevor Moniz announced today.
Reiterating that Bermuda’s beaches a...
DATE: Apr 02, 2014
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A clergyman has called on Bermuda to properly honour its dead — after the unemployed daughters of a homeless man were told by Government that it would not help to pay for his funeral.
Chaplain Kevin Santucci told The Royal Gazette that the case of th...
DATE: Apr 02, 2014
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Chuckles echoed around Magistrates’ Court this morning after a Devonshire man was charged for riding his bicycle while drunk.
Forty-eight year-old Dion Burgess, of Cedar Park, was charged with pedalling the bike while intoxicated after he allegedly c...
DATE: Apr 02, 2014
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The Transport Control Department is back online this afternoon after computer problems brought vehicle testing and licensing to a halt.
A Department spokesman said shorly after noon that computer problems had left the facility unable to licence and t...
DATE: Apr 02, 2014
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The Ministry of Public Works is ending its bulk household waste collection service as of today.
According to a noticed published recently in The Royal Gazette, the Ministry announced that effective April 1, the Waste Management Section would no longe...
DATE: Apr 01, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Officials promise to clamp down on illegally placed signs following a proliferation of outdoor signage and a surge in complaints about “visual pollution”.
And Planning bosses have also issued guidelines regarding outdoor advertising in a bid to cut d...
DATE: Apr 01, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
Talks are underway to expand the Duke of Edinburgh Awards programme on the Island, according to National Security Minister Michael Dunkley.
Mr Dunkley has revealed that Government is working on a pilot programme for award holders between the ages of ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2014
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An East End tour boat operator claims he could go out of business if Government pushes ahead with plans to shut down the Swing Bridge.
And Jerry Correia of Ocean Breeze sail charters has also questioned why the bridge needs to be shut down for a full...
DATE: Apr 01, 2014
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As One Bermuda Alliance Government MP’s and Progressive Labour Party members trade barbs across the aisle in Parliament, an unassuming man sits in the public gallery among the spectators and reporters; his humble nature belies his actual stature.
Lon...
DATE: Apr 01, 2014
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The Dolphin Quest family grew early yesterday morning with the birth of a new calf at the Dockyard facility.
According to a spokeswoman, 25-year-old dolphin Bailey gave birth to “a healthy calf” at 2.11am. The calf is Bailey’s third at Dolphin Quest,...
DATE: Apr 01, 2014
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