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Introducing a National Service scheme in which every young person would have to sign up has been condemned as a backward step towards slavery by one pressure group.
And Bermudians Against the Draft (BAD) is urging those who may be enrolled in any fut...
DATE: Mar 20, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
Shutting down the St George’s Swing Bridge for a year might annoy some mariners — but maintaining the bridge is worth the inconvenience, according to the Old Town’s mayor Garth Rothwell.
Public Works plans to save $163,000 in labour costs by closing ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
The Opposition has renewed its call for Government to confirm if it plans to pass legislation allowing tourists to rent cars after an OBA backbencher imported new model electric cars claiming they would be “the ideal tourist rental vehicle”.
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DATE: Mar 20, 2014
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Ocean-kayaker Aleksander Doba is stranded in Bermuda no more.
The Spirit of Bermuda and several sponsors have stepped in to carry the 67 year-old Polish adventurer’s kayak, named ‘OLO’, some 300 miles south of the Island to where he will resume his t...
DATE: Mar 20, 2014
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Sweeping budget cuts across the Ministry of Community, Culture and Sport have been decried as “uncaring” by the Progressive Labour Party.
Shadow Minister Michael Weeks also questioned how the Mirrors youth development programme, which Government seek...
DATE: Mar 20, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Students and teachers have been recognised at the 49th Annual Student Art Show at the Bermuda Society of the Arts Gallery in City Hall.
The exhibition showcases the work of student artists from the Island’s public and private schools with the theme o...
DATE: Mar 20, 2014
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A final report detailing local opinions on cannabis reform is to be handed in to Government by April 17, according to the Cannabis Reform Collaborative (CRC).
The group has canvassed views through seven focus groups, targeting different age groups.
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DATE: Mar 20, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s late former Chief Justice Sir Richard Ground, who died last month at the age of 64, was yesterday lauded at a packed special sitting of the Supreme Court.
Opening the session before 150 barristers, judges, staff and friends — as well as Sir...
DATE: Mar 19, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
St George’s will lose its swing bridge for the coming fiscal year in a bid to accrue savings.
Practical as well as economic considerations affected the decision, according to Public Works Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin. The bridge, at Ferry Reach, ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2014
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Education Commissioner Edmond Heatley has declared his commitment to the Island’s students and educational reform — but apologised for the publicity over his application for a post back in the US.
And he did not explicitly state that he wouldn’t acce...
DATE: Mar 19, 2014
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