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Distraught Theresa Pedro made a heart-wrenching phone call to her daughter at boarding school to break the news that her beloved dad had died in a road crash.
The emotional long-distance phone call saw mother and 18-year-old daughter, Laurie, weeping...
DATE: Apr 09, 2011
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The Bermuda Industrial Union has rejected a Government pay proposal that would freeze workers’ wages.
President Chris Furbert said today the wage freeze coupled with a reduction in overtime pay came as a “double whammy” to workers, who have asked Mi...
DATE: Apr 08, 2011
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A grassroots organisation with a “desire to improve the community” is hosting a series of Easter events in an area hit by recent violence.
One Community Unified, a collection of church members, community leaders and local residents, is encouraging a...
DATE: Apr 08, 2011
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A shopping and duty-free facility at Heritage Wharf in Dockyard has been officially opened.
Run by Carole Holding, the shop is Bermuda’s only duty-free store open to cruise ship passengers.
The shop has been in operation since last year. It was offi...
DATE: Apr 08, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Politicians had a “dearth of data” while debating the Rosewood Tucker’s Point SDO, Ombudsman Arlene Brock stated yesterday.
Ms Brock revealed she has launched an investigation to see how much information should be made available ahead of any future S...
DATE: Apr 08, 2011
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Plans for a new marina in the East End could go ahead, despite planning permission being refused by the Development Applications Board (DAB).
The Stocks Harbour Marina Project was refused by the DAB last September the decision was appealed by the app...
DATE: Apr 08, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A directory outlining all of the cultural activities on offer in Bermuda is up and running.
Frances Marshall of the Performing Arts Centre Project outlined the online, interactive Bermuda Cultural Map at the Caribbean Tourism Organisation’s Sustaina...
DATE: Apr 08, 2011
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Angry workers yesterday said they’d only accept overtime cuts if Government Ministers lead by example and slash their own pay.
Hundreds of Bermuda Industrial Union members packed into St Paul Centennial Hall to hear president Chris Furbert give an up...
DATE: Apr 08, 2011
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A devoted father has died in a bike accident right outside of the construction company where he worked.
The 49-year-old married man, who has a teenage daughter, lost control of his bike and crashed into a tree on Middle Road in Devonshire.
The man, w...
DATE: Apr 08, 2011
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Bermuda is the “jewel in the crown” of the British Overseas Territories and is not a tax haven, according to the UK Minister with responsibility for the Island.
Henry Bellingham, the Parliamentary Undersecretary of State at the Foreign and Commonweal...
DATE: Apr 08, 2011
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