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A fire broke out at the Quickie Lickie Laundromat on Serpentine Road at 2.19pm yesterday.
Two vehicles and five personnel from the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service responded.
Firefighters broke into the back door of the Pembroke facility to extinguish...
DATE: Mar 20, 2013
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The purchase of the former Sonesta property is “exciting” and shows that investors want to work with Bermuda, Premier Craig Cannonier told a press conference yesterday.
Mr Cannonier, commenting on the news that the Green family has bought the land in...
DATE: Mar 20, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Opposition MPs will be answering questions at two public forums this week.
Walter Roban, Michael Weeks, David Burt and Rolfe Commissiong, representatives for constituencies 15, 16, 18 and 21, respectively, will appear at the first session at the BIU ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2013
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Government is in the final stages of preparing declarations for guest workers as work permit rules are revised.
The declarations will ensure guest workers are aware Bermuda does not confer rights of permanent residence and the holder has no expectati...
DATE: Mar 19, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Green family has purchased the former Sonesta Beach Resort from a US-based financial institution.
The family is now conducting a review of the Southampton Beach Resort to determine the way forward with the 32-acre South Shore property.
They inten...
DATE: Mar 19, 2013
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Tourism
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Bermuda’s National Health Plan has been put “on hold” pending a review of the ambitious programme.
It had been expected that the plan would provide universal healthcare for residents by next year.
However, a Health Ministry spokeswoman yesterday sai...
DATE: Mar 19, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
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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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
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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Politics
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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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Politics
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