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Shadow Tourism Minister Zane DeSilva has been blasted by the OBA for claiming the Government prioritises money over Bermudians.
Mr DeSilva criticised the continuing bid to relocate a family from the failed Grand Atlantic housing development in Warwi...
DATE: Aug 16, 2014
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Football apparel store Soccer Plus is riding a wave of excitement with a spike in jersey sales as the Premier League kicks off this weekend.
“Well, it’s the Premier League. Everybody is excited about it,” said assistant manager Paul Dyer. “Everyone ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2014
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Officials have banned some athletes from taking part in the Youth Olympics in China over fears that the deadly Ebola virus outbreak could spread.
Bermuda has sent a team of seven athletes to the Games in Nanjing, China, which kick off today.
Althoug...
DATE: Aug 16, 2014
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Smash-hit British TV talent show The X-Factor will be filming in Bermuda this month.
The programme — an American Idol-style singing competition created by Simon Cowell — attracts millions of viewers in the UK.
And judge Louis Walsh, a renowned enter...
DATE: Aug 16, 2014
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The introduction of a “port fee” for Dockyard tour operators is being contemplated, as the West End Development Corporation seeks extra revenue to cover sweeping renovations of its historic buildings.
The news was met with dismay by Shadow Transport ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2014
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The satirical eye of acclaimed US cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher has been trained fondly on Bermuda this summer — and from tonight, his creations during his stay will appear at the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art.
The artist, also known as KAL, has wo...
DATE: Aug 15, 2014
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The Island’s “culture of bad driving behaviour” has led to nine deaths so far in 2014, plus 848 collisions — 80 of them serious.
And the latest police statistics prompted Carlton Crockwell of the Road Safety Council to call road conditions “a nationa...
DATE: Aug 15, 2014
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The start of the first major battle of the First World War was yesterday commemorated by the City of Hamilton.
And the widow of a soldier who marched off to war nearly 100 years ago was the guest of honour at the City Hall ceremony.
Joseph Levon, the...
DATE: Aug 15, 2014
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A plan to uproot trees on Ewing Street has been scrapped after public protests.
The Corporation of Hamilton revealed yesterday that it was backing down and would not remove a row of 50-year-old French oaks from a median in the road.
Mayor Graeme Oute...
DATE: Aug 15, 2014
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Pleas by residents to stop a cell phone tower being installed near their homes have been heard by planners.
The Development Applications Board (DAB) held a meeting on Wednesday morning to allow concerned neighbours to speak out against the controver...
DATE: Aug 15, 2014
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