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The public will hear updates in today’s sitting of the House of Assembly on how the Public Access to Information Act has fared in its first months in effect.
Michael Dunkley will offer details, along with the Public Access to Information Amendment Ac...
DATE: Nov 27, 2015
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People with drinking problems who have been convicted of impaired driving offences are not forced to get treatment by law, according to addictions counsellor Fiona Elkinson.
However, a Bermuda Government spokesman said making education programmes fo...
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The Bermuda Association of Family Mediators has launched, coinciding with the Island’s push to bring mediation to the forefront of family law.
Training began at the Dame Lois Browne-Evans Building on Monday, with experts from Canada helping to teach...
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Sleep-deprived bargain-hunters lined the streets of Hamilton this morning, braving the wind and rain to snap up Black Friday deals.
Some shoppers even began queuing last night at some stores, eager to capture the best value items Bermuda had to offer...
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An engineer’s investigation into the structural failure of Heritage Wharf revealed extensive deterioration of the dock’s thruster walls, sustained within a few years of its official opening.
Certain aspects of the wall’s design also appear to differ ...
DATE: Nov 27, 2015
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A film documenting the history of the Berkeley Institute has held its premiere.
The Berkeley Institute Class of ’63 was gave the first screening last Saturday of its film Respice Finem: The History of the Berkeley Institute one year after its initia...
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Civil servants wasted $2.6 million of public funds by making duplicate payments, according to the Auditor-General’s latest report.
The transactions included a payment of $807,000 in 2012 to Sandys 360, the West End sports facility that closed its doo...
DATE: Nov 27, 2015
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A hotel may find itself in hot water over its decision to axe two talks by a same-sex marriage opponent, according to one of the Island’s leading human rights lawyers.
Tim Marshall, of Marshall Diel & Myers, told The Royal Gazette he believed Hamilto...
DATE: Nov 27, 2015
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Bermuda is still yet to shed its longstanding discrimination against the Portuguese community, the Honorary Consul for Portugal has claimed.
Andrea Moniz-DeSouza said that historical tensions and political skulduggery were among the causes behind the...
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Police have launched a murder investigation after a man was found dead inside a Southampton premises last night.
Officers were executing a search warrant on a property on Sentinel Hill, near the Gibbs Hill lighthouse, at around 9.30pm when they came ...
DATE: Nov 27, 2015
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