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A same-sex couple was turned away from several rental apartments and treated with hostility by Bermuda Immigration, it has been alleged.
In a recent Facebook posting Jameka Smith wrote that she and her wife, Charlene, struggled to find a place to liv...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Major changes must be made to fix the unsustainable Government pension system, according to an economist.
Economist Robert Stewart said the SAGE Commission Report clearly highlights that difficult decisions must be made to fix the massively underfund...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Independent MP Terry Lister has called for the creation of a price control board to limit the increasing cost of essential foods.
Mr Lister said that while the recently announced weekly ten percent discount at several of the Island’s supermarkets had...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The number of visitors to the Island dropped by more than seven percent in the third quarter of the year.
But Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell pointed out that the decline was the result of fewer cruise ships calling on Bermuda compared to the same t...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A single mother who admitted conspiring to supply heroin was this afternoon sentenced to five years in prison.
Shakeda Davis, 28, pleaded guilty earlier this year to conspiring to supply a controlled drug between an unknown date and April 25, 2012, a...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sex attacker Glenn Brangman was behind bars today after the Court of Appeal upheld his convictions for assaulting a teenage clerk while in charge of Bermuda Housing Corporation.
The 61-year-old former Bermuda Regiment quartermaster was taken into cus...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The former Sonesta Beach Hotel site on South Shore could become a beach club for guests of the Fairmont Hamilton Princess Hotel.
The Green family, who own the Hamilton hotel, are considering plans to redevelop the former resort site.
In a statement i...
DATE: Nov 18, 2013
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Tourism
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Government has defended both its past record and agenda for the coming year, arguing that it was making “tough decisions” for the benefit of all Bermudians.
But last night Opposition MPs disputed that claim, alleging that the One Bermuda Alliance was...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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“The next chapter starts now” for Cedarbridge graduate Javone Rogers as he was called to the Bermuda Bar yesterday.
“[I am looking ahead] with excitement, because this is what I’ve been studying for,” said the 27-year-old. “Everything I’ve done up un...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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The size of Parliament should be slashed, the SAGE Commission has recommended.
And the SAGE Commission said the Civil Service suffered from weak leadership — and called for poor performers to be fired, early retirement schemes and pay cuts, with the ...
DATE: Nov 16, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
