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Shadow Finance Minister David Burt said Bermuda must be more aggressive in order to break the “vicious economic cycle”.
In his official budget reply, delivered in the House of Assembly today, Mr Burt said the Island’s economy is broken and the wait-a...
DATE: Feb 28, 2014
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The Island’s restaurant community was yesterday thrown into shock by the death of top chef Tomasz Tabor.
Mr Tabor, the chef de cuisine for the Victoria Grill, was killed in a crash shortly before 11.30pm on Wednesday, when his eastbound motorcycle co...
DATE: Feb 28, 2014
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A total of one in seven Bermudian homeowners can’t afford their mortgages and have to renegotiate terms with lenders, a survey commissioned by The Royal Gazette has revealed.
And nearly half of those surveyed (49 percent) had a gloomy outlook on the ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The international Hamilton Declaration on Collaboration for the Conservation of the Sargasso Sea — an area of ocean which includes Bermuda’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and territorial seas — states proposals emanating from the agreement may “contr...
DATE: Feb 28, 2014
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A Sandys woman was taken to hospital this morning after being struck by a motorcycle in Southampton.
According to a police spokesman, at around 6.35am emergency services attended the reported collision on Middle Road, near the junction with Industria...
DATE: Feb 28, 2014
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The schooner brig Tres Hombres berthed at Penno’s Wharf on its fifth consecutive journey between Europe and the Caribbean Islands. The hold of the only trans-Atlantic cargo vessel without an engine is fully loaded with ‘fair grown and produced’ goods...
DATE: Feb 27, 2014
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Bermuda has been thanked for being a “friend” to the Philippines in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan by the latter country’s top diplomat in Washington.
Arlene Magno, Consul at the Philippine Embassy in DC, was on the Island last week for the embassy’s fir...
DATE: Feb 27, 2014
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A Paget man who last month admitted losing control of his vehicle and crashing into a car carrying a family of five — causing grievous bodily harm to three of them — has been fined $9,000.
David Correia, 60, of Bostock Hill West, was also given a six...
DATE: Feb 27, 2014
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The deadline for applications for the Catlin Marine Grant is rapidly approaching.
The grant, announced last month, intended to encourage the creation of new environmental projects, will offer a total of $100,000 in funding over the next three years t...
DATE: Feb 27, 2014
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Dog owners could face a fine of $1,000 — even three months in jail — if they unleash their dogs on the beach.
And if they are caught committing the same offence, they could be fined $2,000 or six months in jail.
That’s the warning sounded in a statem...
DATE: Feb 27, 2014
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