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A group of Bermuda’s young people have signed a declaration committing themselves to protecting the Sargasso Sea.
Students taking part in the 2014 Bermuda Zoological Society (BZS) Environmental Youth Conference collaborated on the declaration and sig...
DATE: Mar 19, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A second man has been charged in relation to an armed burglary last Friday in which one of the men allegedly shot himself.
Umdae Woolridge, of Middle Terrace Road, Pembroke, was charged with entering a home on North Shore Road as a trespasser and ste...
DATE: Mar 19, 2014
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Other
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The decline of Bermuda’s bee population has prompted environmentalists to organise a fair dedicated to the flying insects.
The event will be held at Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute on Saturday, April 12, from 11am to 3.45pm, with a short fil...
DATE: Mar 18, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda has so far donated close to $500,000 to the Philippines recovery effort in the wake of last year’s devastating Typhoon Haiyan.
This includes $65,000 raised by ANCOP, or Answering the Cry of the Poor, and $60,000 from the Association of Filipi...
DATE: Mar 18, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Upcoming developments to the Island’s roads have been revealed by Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin in her Budget brief, delivered at the House of Assembly.
Road improvements have been allocated $4.75 million for the coming fiscal year, t...
DATE: Mar 18, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda stargazers could help an international astronomy body track a rare event.
An asteroid is due to block out one of the brightest stars in the sky — and volunteers have been asked to help follow and time its progress.
Astronomers from the Intern...
DATE: Mar 18, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Bermuda Housing Corporation is currently in “sensitive discussions with enthusiastic, interested investors” for the Grand Atlantic Development.
Just one unit was sold at the Warwick site, criticised as a “white elephant” after consumers failed to...
DATE: Mar 18, 2014
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Other
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Businesses owned by non-Bermudians will be able to buy up residential and commercial properties under new Government proposals.
But Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons cautioned that, because land is a scarce commodity, restrictions limiting ...
DATE: Mar 18, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A fairer system for dumping charges is coming for both the Marsh Folly and airport dumps, according to Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin.
Starting next month, horticultural waste at Marsh Folly will be billed by weight rather than the num...
DATE: Mar 18, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tougher rules governing charities have been passed by MPs in a bid to avoid them being used for money laundering or terrorist activity.
Junior Home Affairs Minister Sylvan Richards said the new rules — which cover areas like accounts and allows chari...
DATE: Mar 18, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
