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By Jonathan Bell
Refusing to provide a sample of breath for police resulted in one-year driving ban for a Sandys resident.
Jason Lambert, 40, of Middle Road, admitted the December 2, 2013 offence, which carries the same penalty as driving while impai...
DATE: Feb 25, 2014
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Court
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A motorcyclist who police watched nearly crash into a wall was arrested after failing a breath test.
Police officers on Middle Road in Warwick shortly before midnight on Friday noticed a woman on a motorcycle travelling west near Spicelands Riding Sc...
DATE: Feb 25, 2014
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Crime
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A “public conversation” on cannabis reform will be held tonight by the Cannabis Reform Committee, with a four-person panel presenting on local and overseas perspectives.
They will tackle such questions as whether Bermuda’s cannabis policies should be...
DATE: Feb 25, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda seems to be in the early stages of an economic recovery, according to Minister of Finance Bob Richards
“There seems to a nascent, fragile, embryonic recovery in Bermuda,” Mr Richards told hundreds of business people at the Fairmont Hamilton P...
DATE: Feb 25, 2014
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Environmental charity Greenrock has backed a bid by Finance Minister Bob Richards to end power firm Belco’s monopoly and generate more power from renewable sources.
Greenrock executive director Gordon Johnson said Government should encourage business...
DATE: Feb 25, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Government slashed grants and contributions to a number of organisations in the recently unveiled 2014/15 Budget.
According to the 2014/15 Budget, Government intends to spend $293.7 million in grants and contributions in the coming year — $23 million...
DATE: Feb 24, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The final casualty of the War of 1812 was remembered in a ceremony in St George’s this weekend almost 200 years after his death.
The annual Midshipman Dale ceremony, held on Saturday, marked the 199th anniversary of the American sailor’s death in St ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Last week’s industrial action by Marine and Ports staff was “irregular and unlawful”, according to Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy — but ferry workers will remain on strike this morning.
Bermuda Industrial Union head Chris Furbert said that striki...
DATE: Feb 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Single mother juggles pursing a Master’s Degree and raising a six-year-old daughter and her teenaged brother
By Nadia Arandjelovic
When Christia Swan became pregnant with her daughter, Sakairi, at age 19 her dreams of completing a university degree w...
DATE: Feb 24, 2014
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Pembroke Hamilton Club has been given until the end of the month to pay off a $1.2 million loan from the Bermuda Industrial Union, club sources have revealed.
In 2001, the BIU loaned PHC the monies to finance resurfacing of the playing field and inst...
DATE: Feb 24, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson