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Cash-strapped families are getting their electricity cut off in increasing numbers, according to social assistance agencies.
The Coalition for the Protection of Children’s Nicola Fleming said the majority of the charity’s new clients over the past ye...
DATE: Mar 19, 2013
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The second annual City Food Festival launched in Hamilton yesterday, bringing cooking competitions to the Bermuda Gas Showrooms.
Organiser Thomas Lightbourne said a group of chefs were given ingredients over the weekend and were asked to make three t...
DATE: Mar 19, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislation ending the exemption for vehicle licensing fees for seniors was approved in the House of Assembly early this morning, despite arguments from the Opposition.
Government described the exemption as a mistake, but the Progressive Labour Party...
DATE: Mar 19, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government is getting out of the real estate business, Community Development Minister Wayne Scott told the House of Assembly yesterday.
This as legislators on both sides of the House acknowledged the failure of the Grand Atlantic development and a ch...
DATE: Mar 19, 2013
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Police arrested two men early on Sunday morning after they were spotted driving erratically.
A police spokesman said yesterday that at around 2.30am, officers on mobile patrol on Crow Lane stopped a 30-year-old Pembroke man on a motorcycle.
An hour a...
DATE: Mar 19, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The public is being warned not to worry when they see tsunami warnings posted on the Bermuda Weather Channel tomorrow — it’s all part of an exercise.
Participants in the international Atlantic tsunami exercise will include the Bermuda Weather Service...
DATE: Mar 19, 2013
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A continual failure to maintain Government’s fleet of fast ferries has left them in a potentially hazardous condition, it has been claimed.
A lack of cash has been blamed for the neglect, with sources claiming that maintenance work “has not been carr...
DATE: Mar 19, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Department of Tourism’s $27.3 million budget allocation came in for heavy criticism yesterday due to the absence of funding for the new Tourism Board.
Former Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert charged the new Minister failed to explain why funds were...
DATE: Mar 19, 2013
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A police sergeant who claims he was effectively demoted because his superiors were concerned that he might suffer a heart attack because of the stress of his job, has taken his case to the Human Rights Commission.
Ian DeAllie claims that he was trans...
DATE: Mar 19, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Island’s anti-money laundering and anti-terrorism financing laws have been brought up to date by MPs.
Attorney General Mark Pettingill said the Proceeds of Crime Amendment Regulations, 2013 would ensure “consistency, transparency and compliance w...
DATE: Mar 19, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
