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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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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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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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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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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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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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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
An autobiography of a former Government Minister is now available as an e-book.
The move to publish Dr Clarence Terceira’s ‘Tessi’s Highway — My Life’s Journey’ came after the print version was a virtual sell-out.
Kaleidoscope Media chief Chris Gibbo...
DATE: Mar 18, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The new leader of white collar union BPSU yesterday pledged a “more aggressive” approach.
Government statistician Jason Hayward, who took over from Kevin Grant as president of the BPSU last week, said the union would fight any erosion of workers’ rig...
DATE: Mar 18, 2014
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Government’s ageing complement of buildings are to be reviewed over the year ahead — and some may even be demolished, according to Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin.
With the exception of the new Dame Lois Browne Evans Building, the stock...
DATE: Mar 18, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hazardous waste from the Hamilton Seabright sewage pipeline has been contaminating the waters off South Shore beaches, according to a 2013 water-quality study — but only during rare, sustained weather patterns.
The final report of the study — a copy ...
DATE: Mar 18, 2014
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Environment
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