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The City of Hamilton has donated $5,000 to the late-night Let Us Drive taxi service.
The programme runs from 3.15am to 3.45am on Friday nights.
Deputy Mayor Glen Smith commended the initiative, which gives people on the town late on Friday nights a “...
DATE: Sep 30, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Government press attaché Scott Simmons defeated Denton Williams in a PLP branch election last night, making him the likely candidate for Southampton West Central.
Mr Simmons picked up 20 votes at the well attended meeting, while Mr Williams picked up...
DATE: Sep 30, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Winds, rain and rough seas are forecast to arrive late today as hurricane Ophelia bears down on the Island.
Now at Category One, Ophelia, 580 miles south of Bermuda this morning, was predicted to pass 135 miles to our east-southeast around 6pm tomorr...
DATE: Sep 30, 2011
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Cooper's Island is returning to its former use as a tracking station this year, with the European Space Agency (ESA) setting up temporary facilities at the site.
According to a Government spokeswoman the ESA has completed the first stage of setting u...
DATE: Sep 30, 2011
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Puisne Judge Ian Kawaley is to succeed Chief Justice Richard Ground on his retirement next year.
Governor Sir Richard Gozney made the announcement yesterday. “I convened an ad hoc judicial panel earlier this year to consider candidates for the positi...
DATE: Sep 30, 2011
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A 54-year-old Pembroke man caught breaking into a car got a suspended sentence when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court, after being branded “a lifelong thief” by Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner.
The court heard from Crown counsel Susan Mulligan tha...
DATE: Sep 30, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Trying to get accurate information from Andre Curtis was like "pulling teeth," according to a Government financial controller.
Mr Curtis is on trial at Supreme Court accused of stealing more than $130,000 from the Faith-Based Tourism initiative Gover...
DATE: Sep 29, 2011
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A total of 105 jobs have been axed from Citi Hedge Fund Services as the unit relocates some of its functions to North America, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
It is understood that all staff will be offered the opportunity to relocate to North America....
DATE: Sep 29, 2011
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Tropical Storm Ophelia has officially been upgraded to a category one hurricane that will come within 120 miles of Bermuda on Saturday.
The current forecast has Ophelia's closest point to the Island at 6pm on Saturday, when she will be 117 miles east...
DATE: Sep 29, 2011
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Mr Justice Ian Kawaley is to be the next Chief Justice, Governor Sir Richard Gozney announced this morning.
In a statement he said: “As has long been publicly known, Chief Justice, Richard Ground, will be retiring on March 21, 2012.
“I would like t...
DATE: Sep 29, 2011
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