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Environmentalists have called for the public to voice last-minute concerns over Park Hyatt's “starkly un-Bermudian” development plans for St George's.
Tomorrow is the final day for objections to be sent to the Department of Planning.
Bermuda Environm...
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A father-of-two today described having a gun held to his chest during a daylight robbery in his Southampton home.
Gregory Wilson, a self-employed former jeweller, told Supreme Court he was home alone when he heard voices coming from his son’s bedroom...
DATE: Jul 14, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An illuminated smoke indicator forced a Jet Blue flight to divert to Bermuda this afternoon.
Emergency vehicles escorted the airplane to an isolated area off the runway before airport officials determined there was no smoke onboard.
It is understood...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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The trial of a 17-year-old accused of possessing a firearm and committing aggravated burglary will now begin tomorrow in Supreme Court.
Leo Burgess has been charged with robbing a South Road home with a firearm on December 6, 2010, stealing money and...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Several students at Bermuda College recently earned international certification in electrical wiring.
In total 12 graduates completed the five-year programme to earn their National Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (NJATC) Journeyman Wirema...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The prison service will save thousands of taxpayers’ dollars by using generic drugs imported from India, Israel and Brazil, according to Health Minister Zane DeSilva.
Drugs currently in Bermuda cost five times more than if the equivalent was imported...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Department of Environmental Protection has announced a new hotline for the public to contact fisheries wardens and managers.
The public can now contact fisheries officials regarding illegal fishing or the catching of protected species on 705-FISH...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
With smoking likely to be banned from Hamilton’s bus station, The Royal Gazette took to the streets to discover public opinion on the issue.
A casual poll in and around the Hubert W (Sparky) Lightbourne Central Bus Terminal found younger people less ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 30-year-old Warwick man who assaulted a woman at the Southampton Rangers Sports Club has been granted a conditional discharge.
Stephen Astwood has been held in custody since pleading guilty to intruding on the privacy of a woman, and assault occasi...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A visitor was robbed of a handbag by a man on a passing motorcycle on Monday. Two visitors were riding a rental cycle on North Shore Road near the junction with Wilkinson Avenue when a thief removed the bag from the cycle’s basket as he rode past.
Th...
DATE: Jul 13, 2011
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Crime
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