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Government has pulled the plug on a rebate scheme that offered residents up to $5,000 for installing solar panels in their homes.
The scheme was introduced in 2009 to encourage homeowners to use alternative energy sources. Solar hot-water rebates of ...
DATE: Apr 16, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Polish adventure-kayaker Aleksander Doba could be in Florida by tomorrow, according to his friend and fellow kayaker Piotr Chmielinski.
Mr Doba is now less than 240 nautical miles from New Smyrna Beach, Florida, and could reach US soil by tomorrow, b...
DATE: Apr 15, 2014
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A video of Bermudians miming to the lyrics of a hit song was seen by millions of viewers after it aired on the Oprah Winfrey Network yesterday.
The film, which features a montage of Bermuda faces and places accompanied by the upbeat rhythms of US rap...
DATE: Apr 15, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Corporation of Hamilton application for a judicial review of Government’s temporary takeover of the municipality has been rejected.
And City Hall has come under fire by Chief Justice Ian Kawaley for continuing to pursue its case through the courts ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Somerset Clinic in Mangrove Bay will resume services as of April 21, the Department of Health has advised.
The clinic moved to a temporary location after the building was closed for maintenance in February due to “interior flooding”, said a spoke...
DATE: Apr 15, 2014
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Health
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A fire service probe into an explosion that blew most off the back off a house has been held back amid safety fears.
A spokesman for the Fire Service said an investigation into the blast, which set the Pembroke house ablaze and severely damaged the b...
DATE: Apr 15, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The former director of the charitable ACE Foundation will lead the fund-raising drive to pay for the new hospital wing.
Ralph Richardson, who has served on the boards on several non-profit organisations, replaces Wendy Augustus as the new executive d...
DATE: Apr 15, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Island’s Chamber of Commerce has a new captain at the helm — the owner of the award-winning stationery and gift store Pulp & Circumstance.
Store chief Kristi Grayston has taken over from Ronnie Viera as president of the Chamber, which represents ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Bahamian Prime Minister has added a personal tribute to the late former Premier of Bermuda Sir David Gibbons.
And Perry Christie said Sir David’s business acumen had impacted The Bahamas, as well as his homeland
Mr Christie added: “Although a pat...
DATE: Apr 15, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A man accused of possessing and firing a gun was seen handling and shooting the weapon, a Supreme Court witness told police.
However, a jury at the trial of Zikai Cann, 24, of Seawall Drive, Sandys, also heard the same witness insist that she’d been ...
DATE: Apr 15, 2014
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
