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Bermuda’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) will now remain entirely in Bermuda’s hands.
The EEZ will be removed from an international declaration that would have placed its stewardship in the hands of a multi-nation Sargasso Sea Commission.
Premier Crai...
DATE: Mar 05, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
New legislation regulating the Island’s charities has been tabled in the House of Assembly.
The Charities Bill 2014 is based largely on the UK’s Charities Act 2011 and, if approved, would repeal and replace the existing Charities Act 1978.
While the ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A bid to include public transport and cruise ship tug and line boats as essential services was last night defended by Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy.
Mr Fahy — speaking in advance of a debate on the controversial measure in the House of Assembly ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2014
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Premier Craig Cannonier called for unity in the aftermath of a march on Parliament by union members protesting Government’s planned change to transport laws.
“This is not about, as we heard earlier today, going back to the 1970s and 1980s, when we ha...
DATE: Mar 05, 2014
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Around 200 unionised bus and ferry workers marched on Parliament this afternoon in protest of Government plans to make public transport an essential service.
Carrying a Bermuda Industrial Union banner and chanting slogans such as “United we stand, di...
DATE: Mar 05, 2014
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A Pembroke man today denied possessing cannabis and stealing $6,500 worth of golden bracelets.
Shuaib Worrell, 36, of Edgeway Lane, pleaded not guilty to the possession and theft charges, as well as two further counts of obstructing a police officer ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2014
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Police are investigating a spate of burglaries in Paget and Devonshire.
Thefts have been reported this week in homes in the Trimingham Hill and Seabright Avenue area in Paget and the Watlington Road and Jubilee Road area in Devonshire.
Residents hav...
DATE: Mar 05, 2014
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Polish adventurer Aleksander Doba is still in need of a boat to take him and his kayak ‘OLO’ 300 miles south of Bermuda to the point where he was blown off his original course.
There was hope the recently-arrived sail-training vessel Tres Hombres wou...
DATE: Mar 04, 2014
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Wildcat strikes by ferry and bus staff will be illegal in the near future if proposed changes to labour laws are approved.
And the controversial move could put Government on a collision course with the Bermuda Industrial Union, which has brought publ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Hospitality Institute has launched a series of YouTube videos in the build-up to next month’s Plates of Passion event.
The April 3 event is intended both to kick off the 2014 Hospitality Month and raise funds for hospitality education pro...
DATE: Mar 04, 2014
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