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Bermuda has been singled out as an area of high vulnerability to reef loss, in a study of threatened reef habitats around the world.
In the ‘Reefs at Risk Revisited’ report, the Island appears on a list of the seven countries around the world with th...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Another five business have signed up to the Adopt a School programme Government announced today.
Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith said the initiative has so far raised $140,000 for repairs and services for several of the Island's primary school...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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Bermuda might not be playing in this year’s Cricket World Cup, but it appears the country, and Dwayne Leverock in particular, will be forever linked with the event.
Just look at this report that appeared in Australia’s Herald Sun newspaper recently:
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DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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One hundred fifty jobs will be created by a $100 million new development at the former Waterloo House, it emerged today.
This morning Premier Paula Cox shoveled the first concrete footing at the Pitt's Bay Road site where a new five-storey office and...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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An accident caused a jeep to flip, but both the driver and a passenger were able to walk away from the Devonshire crash uninjured.
The vehicle was being driven down Roberts Avenue near the junction with Parsons Road when the driver lost control and t...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Budget reductions to the Department of Public Transportation will result in the financial equivalent to taxpayers of nine fewer full-time drivers.
However, Transportation Minister Terry Lister said that due to rescheduling the bus service to limit ov...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hospital subsidies are projected to have risen by 17 percent last year due to long term patients and high utilisation of health care services.
In 2010 the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) estimated that subsidies for King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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A taxi driver who crashed his cab in front of police was yesterday banned from the road for drinking and driving.
Stephen Simmons, 49, from Warwick, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to driving while impaired.
Crown counsel Carrington Mahoney said...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government expects a 100 percent increase in revenue from parking tickets on stationary vehicles next year, but a 35 percent drop in revenue from moving traffic fines.
The Budget book shows Government expects $1.5 million to pour into its coffers fro...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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Budget
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Hundreds of people attended a public meeting to hear Cabinet Ministers quizzed on the annual Budget last night.
International business (IB), tourism, pensions, welfare, illegal workers and Ministers’ salaries were some of the issues which came up at ...
DATE: Feb 24, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
