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Bermuda could become an environmental leader and protect the Atlantic by banning plastic bags, according to Senator Michael Fahy.
He said he attended a lecture over the Easter holiday about a floating mass of trash around twice the size of Texas, fou...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sustainability advocates and politicians have given a mixed reaction to news that Government has issued a Request for Proposals for a Waste-to-Energy facility.
Opposition One Bermuda Alliance yesterday questioned Government’s rationale for its RFP gi...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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Improving St George’s economy is the key to putting the town back on the right track, East End businessman Alfonso Harris believes.
Mr Harris is challenging Mayor Kenneth Bascome in the municipal election on May 10.
“I feel that it’s been negatively ...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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The Island is now better positioned to prevent illicit imports through cruise ships, National Security Minister Wayne Perinchief told the House of Assembly.
“I am pleased to advise Honourable Members that the border control elements of HM Customs hav...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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A 30-year-old Pembroke man who cannot be named for legal reasons denied sexually assaulting his child’s mother in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
The defendant, who elected a trial in the lower court, denied that he unlawfully caused the complainant gr...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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The Women’s Resource Centre has issued safety tips in observance of April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
Director of the centre Elaine Williams said the tips aim to ensure safety for women in public, in their vehicles and in their homes.
She advi...
DATE: Apr 24, 2012
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A man was discovered with his hands and feet bound, and wrapped in a sheet by officers on patrol.
Police spotted three men carrying "a long object" in the North Shore Road, East Park Lane, Pembroke area, around 1.40am on Saturday.
The men dropped the...
DATE: Apr 23, 2012
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Two men have admitted their part in a shooting outside Gravity Nightclub last year.
Pelealkhai Williams and Jonathan Dill appeared in Supreme Court this morning.
Williams, 23, pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiracy to commit an indictable offence w...
DATE: Apr 23, 2012
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A combination of high winds and a power outage caused challenging conditions for visitors from two ships moored at Dockyard today.
Tourists from the Explorer or the Seas and Norwegian Dawn arrived to find the St George's ferry cancelled due to rough ...
DATE: Apr 23, 2012
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The Parliamentary Election Amendment Act 2012 allows the Parliamentary Registrar to conduct research to determine whether someone is registered in the right district and transfer those who aren’t, after giving notice.
The Parliamentary Registrar is a...
DATE: Apr 23, 2012
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