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This week the Bermuda Philatelic Bureau is releasing a new series of stamps to commemorate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.
The series of six stamps, which are to be released tomorrow, are adorned with official and informal photographs of Queen Elizabeth...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Fire engines were called to Morgan’s Point last night after a controlled burn of waste material wasn’t put out properly.
Divisional Officer Dana Lovell, from Bermuda Fire Service, said firefighters who had been dispatched to another call in the West ...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An initiative to get jobless Bermudians back to work has continued with the award of a cleaning contract for the Dame Lois Browne Evans Building.
Cathy-Ann Symons, unemployed for the last two years, said the programme should get full-time work for tw...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Government and the Bermuda Industrial Union are close to signing an agreement that could reduce the building cost of hotels, according to Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert.
The Minister said an announcement regarding the decision would be made in due co...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The creation of a Tourism Authority and the establishment of an independent Contractor General were among the One Bermuda Alliance goals declared as the Opposition presented new election candidates Peter Barrett and Pat Gordon-Pamplin.
They were intr...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A defence lawyer urged a jury to clear the name of murder-accused Derek Spalding, dismissing the case against him as “lies, lies and lies, culminating in more lies”.
Prosecutors allege that Mr Spalding, 36, shot 25-year-old footballer Shaki Crockwell...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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Court
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A 59-year-old Korean man who took ill on board a bulk carrier bound from Texas to Belfast is due to arrive in Bermuda this morning for medical treatment.
A Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre duty officer said the South Korean-registered, 24,500-ton O...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Fixed term elections, an independent electoral commission and ethical governance are among a raft of items due to be discussed today in a take note motion led by United Bermuda Party MP Kim Swan.
They feature in the Commonwealth Parliamentary Associa...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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Politics
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Goat farmers Gerry and Aletha Wilmot aren’t kidding when they say they have a lot of mouths to feed so they’ve come up with an ingenious device to do the job for them.
A wooden contraption specially made for them by a carpenter on the Island is allow...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda’s own Nick Christopher has taken on a new role in the inaugural production of Katori Hall’s ‘Hurt Village’ in New York.
Mr Christopher, son of Hamilton Town Crier Ed Christopher, is featured in the drama, which had its world premier on Tuesda...
DATE: Feb 10, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
