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Corporation of Hamilton bosses have set aside $850,000 to pay for their expenses for this year, according to financial records.
And the municipality has been forced to consider slashing essential services in order to reduce operating costs to fund th...
DATE: Oct 07, 2013
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Government has confirmed it is considering plans for a new cruise ship terminal in St George’s in a bid to bring more passengers to the Island.
Last week, St George’s MP Kenneth Bascome suggested that plans were in the pipeline for a cruise ship to m...
DATE: Oct 07, 2013
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Bermuda Optimist Sailing Dinghy Association (BODA) development officer Paul Doughty has hailed Saturday’s BART Clinic 2013 at Royal Bermuda Yacht Club (RBYC) as an overwhelmng success.
More than 50 Optimist sailors attended the nearly three-hour long...
DATE: Oct 07, 2013
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The Opposition is calling on Government to reconsider plans to increase taxi fares by 25 percent, claiming that it could hit cabbies in the pocket by driving down demand.
The hike was announced by Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell last week followin...
DATE: Oct 07, 2013
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Companies that play recorded music as part of their business operation could be hit with fresh fees — or risk breaching copyright laws.
And the new tariff could even apply to schools and charities that broadcast music, according to a lobby group seek...
DATE: Oct 07, 2013
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Police have identified a man found dead in St George’s at the weekend as 56-year-old Arthur Botelho.
According to a police spokesman, Mr Botelho was found “in a compromised state” in the Barry Road area at around 3pm on Saturday, An on-call doctor co...
DATE: Oct 07, 2013
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Government has yet to live up to a promise to relocate disabled adults out of the temporary accommodation where they were placed ten years ago.
Parents whose children are clients at the Orange Valley Centre yesterday described it to The Royal Gazette...
DATE: Oct 07, 2013
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Corporation of Hamilton bosses have issued a robust defence of their decision to siphon off $850,000 of taxpayer funds into a ‘Members Expenses’ account, arguing that the cash is needed to pay for a number of legal challenges the municipality is figh...
DATE: Oct 07, 2013
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Senators have approved the creation of a Tourism Authority for Bermuda, despite Opposition members voicing fears about the potential for corruption.
Progressive Labour Party Senator Marc Daniels told the Upper Chamber yesterday that while the Tourism...
DATE: Oct 07, 2013
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Three teens have been sentenced for their part in a “cowardly” mugging that left a 33-year-old man with a titanium plate in his skull.
Kyle Daniels Smith, of Warwick, and Sanchea Douglas, of Pembroke, will each serve four years, with time in custody ...
DATE: Oct 07, 2013
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