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Taxpayers will be hit with a six-figure bill after the former Government launched a doomed bid to get a legal ruling overturned.
Yesterday The Royal Gazette revealed that Government had hired a costly legal team to appeal the decisions of two indepen...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Three little libraries will be scattered across the Island in the upcoming weeks, thanks to Bermuda’s creative youth.
The libraries are part of the Design Springboard Programme, developed by The Bermuda Education Network. It is one of three programme...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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For years it remained a political hot potato that many Parliamentarians chose to avoid for fear of losing valuable votes.
But yesterday the once-controversial question of outlawing discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation overcame its fina...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A taxpayer-funded foundation set up to manage and promote Bermuda’s historic slavery sites has lost its charitable status — but neither it nor Government will say why.
The African Diaspora Heritage Trail Foundation has received at least $1.6 million ...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s unions have signed an agreement of non-disclosure on current wage negotiations, at the request of Government
A Government spokesperson confirmed the agreement to this newspaper.
In a brief statement she said: “All parties have observed a p...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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The public has been given a sneak peek at the new building at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital this week as a section of the protective mesh around the construction site was removed.
Work on the $247 million project is ongoing, and the building ...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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Other
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Authorities might have averted the Island’s gang violence epidemic ten years ago when “the writing was on the wall, for all to see”.
The Bermuda Police Service’s outgoing Assistant Commissioner David Mirfield said trouble was brewing in 2003 when stu...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new Tourism Authority should be up and running by the end of the current Parliamentary session, according to Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell.
In January, Mr Crockwell announced plans to create the new, non-political body which would be responsible...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Parts of the former Club Med site may soon be chained off and put out of bounds to vehicles in a bid to stop the illegal dumping of trash, including old refrigerators, furniture and abandoned vehicles.
St George’s North MP Kenneth Bascome believes t...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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Other
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Seniors Week Fashion Show (Photos by Akil Simmons)
DATE: Jul 03, 2013
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Other
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