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Employers and local businesses have largely welcomed the cost-cutting deal agreed between the Government and its employees.
Both the Bermuda Employers’ Council (BEC), and the Chamber of Commerce, praised the Memorandum of Understanding which should s...
DATE: Jul 29, 2013
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Government is hoping to make money laundering and terrorist financing more difficult with a slew of measures tabled in the House of Assembly on Friday.
The Proceeds of Crime and Related Measures Amendment Act 2013 proposes to amend five laws and regu...
DATE: Jul 29, 2013
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Politics
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The Pink Beach Club is to be sold — and restored as a luxury hotel by 2015.
The deal, approved by MPs during Friday’s House of Assembly, comes three years after the Tucker’s Town resort was placed in receivership.
Sweeping concessions were offered fo...
DATE: Jul 29, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley sent the plaintiffs in the $1 million Civil Court case against Gary and Michael White back to the drawing board.
Following a hearing in chambers yesterday, Justice Kawaley gave Pitt & Company 14 days to re-amend their pleadi...
DATE: Jul 27, 2013
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Court
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Lawmakers yesterday removed a licensing requirement for mixed-status couples who purchase land.
Government described the Bermuda Immigration and Protection Amendment Act 2013 as “housekeeping” measures. But the Opposition Progressive Labour Party — ...
DATE: Jul 27, 2013
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Belco crews are surveying the Island’s overhead power lines to update the company’s geographical information system database.
The survey is expected to last six weeks.
A Belco spokeswoman said: “To access poles, Belco crews may need to enter private ...
DATE: Jul 27, 2013
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A 28-year-old is being treated in the Intensive Care Unit following a single-vehicle collision in Hamilton Parish.
The accident happened on Harrington Sound Road near the junction with Quarry Road around 2.30am on Friday, according to police.
“It app...
DATE: Jul 27, 2013
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Police have seized nine guns linked to a slew of firearms offences this year.
And that statistic shows that a gun bounty initiative introduced in May has “delivered results”, according to Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley.
In a statement deliver...
DATE: Jul 27, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Bermudian college student who imported two BB guns was yesterday sentenced to two weeks in jail.
Customs officers at LF Wade International Airport found two dismantled Colt Automatic .25 calibre in Shaquille Crockwell’s luggage when he returned fro...
DATE: Jul 27, 2013
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Court
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A long-time smoker was shocked earlier this week to have his electronic cigarette seized by customs.
James Hill said while Government allows the easy purchase of cigarettes, he was told a doctor’s certificate is required for what he believes is a saf...
DATE: Jul 27, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
