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Avid amateur bird watcher Scott Neil made a rare sighting of a swallow-tailed kite yesterday.
Mr Neil reported seeing it while out on a run in the area. He said: “Just saw a swallow-tailed kite at Wyndham Hill, near Harrington Sound — very large and ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2015
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Despite a new fuel charge introduced in the latest Budget, electricity rates will not rise, according to Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons.
Dr Gibbons cited the recent drop in oil price, which reduced the electricity cost to Belco customers...
DATE: Mar 07, 2015
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The charity event Argus Walks the Walk broke its own record on February 22 by raising almost $35,000 for 125 local charities.
Both figures were a landmark for the event, undertaken in tandem with The Centre on Philanthropy, in which 1,094 people took...
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The decision to bypass war veterans and pay their pensions directly to nursing homes has been faulted as a cutback targeting an especially undeserving group.
Carol Everson, a welfare case worker for the Bermuda Legion, conceded that reductions might ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2015
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Daylight savings time returns this weekend, with clocks moving forward by one hour at 2am tomorrow.
The public are reminded to set their clocks forward one hour before going to bed tonight.
DATE: Mar 07, 2015
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Shadow Finance Minister, David Burt, has condemned Government’s strategy of “across the board cuts” to tackle Bermuda’s financial problems.
He also accused the One Bermuda Alliance of “a stream of policy reversals in the last 72 hours” that proved cu...
DATE: Mar 07, 2015
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The transport department announced this morning that bus services tomorrow will be affected by a series of cancellations.
The routes that are affected are listed below.
1 Hamilton Grotto Bay 2.45pm
1 Grotto Bay Hamilton 3.40pm
7 Hamilton Dockyard 11...
DATE: Mar 07, 2015
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Canadians can learn more about the tax implications of their residency in Bermuda.
Guest speaker at a free seminar on May 14 will be Arun “Ernie” Nagratha, of Trowbridge Professional Corporation, a Canadian accounting firm that specialises in tax ser...
DATE: Mar 06, 2015
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Craig Cannonier appeared last night to backtrack on the decision to close Bermuda’s recycling plant for a year.
Twenty-four hours earlier, the Minister for Public Works had said the move to suspend the Material Recovery Facility service had been made...
DATE: Mar 06, 2015
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For the past 16 years, George Phillips has been working to keep Bermuda’s beaches pristine.
The parks worker travels the length and breadth of the Island ensuring that public beaches are kept clean and tidy for visitors and residents.
Mr Phillips joi...
DATE: Mar 06, 2015
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