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A major UN report on global climate change has emphasised the potential impact of rising sea levels on Island nations like Bermuda.
The report, titled ‘Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability’, is the second in a series by the UN’...
DATE: Apr 02, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man charged with the premeditated murder of Jason Lightbourne has denied the offence in Supreme Court.
Prince Barrington Edness, 28, from Pembroke, was charged in January with the 2006 murder of Mr Lightbourne, who was shot dead behind the wheel of...
DATE: Apr 02, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bank of Bermuda Foundation has fulfilled its pledge to give $10 million to the Bermuda Hospitals Charitable Trust’s (BHCT’s) ‘Why it Matters’ campaign.
According to the bank, it’s the largest capital campaign and the largest philanthropic contrib...
DATE: Apr 02, 2014
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The proposed redevelopment of the Pink Beach Club site has been welcomed by the Progressive Labour Party and the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
Shadow Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert said while the Opposition were happy to see the job-creating project mov...
DATE: Apr 02, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Education Commissioner Edmond Heatley has dropped out of the running for a job in his native US.
Dr Heatley faced calls for his resignation after he applied for the post of Orleans Parish schools superintendent in December — just months after being h...
DATE: Apr 02, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
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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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
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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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
