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The Corporation of Hamilton launched a legal battle yesterday to stop the Government turning it into an unelected quango.
The Corporation took action in the courts a day before the Senate is expected to vote on the Municipalities Reform Act — designe...
DATE: Mar 20, 2019
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Mystery sores afflicting invasive lionfish in the US and Caribbean have not been found on fish in Bermuda waters, environmental experts said yesterday.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources added that it was not expect...
DATE: Mar 20, 2019
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A statue in honour of a Bermudian-born slave who became a significant figure in the abolitionist movement in Britain is to be honoured with a statue.
Mary Prince used her tragic life story to highlight the cruelty of the trade in human beings and bol...
DATE: Mar 20, 2019
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A clear-out of human rights watchdogs has sparked concern about continuity at the anti-discrimination body.
Tawana Tannock, the former chairwoman of the Human Rights Commission, said she was worried important work could “fall between the cracks” if e...
DATE: Mar 20, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
Getting more Bermudians into trades could grow Bermuda’s economy, a Progressive Labour Party politician has said.
Christopher Famous said foreigners made up the majority of people employed in Bermuda’s service industry.
He told the House of Assembly ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2019
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More than $75,000 set aside for municipal elections will probably be used elsewhere because the Corporations of Hamilton and St George’s are to be turned into unelected quangos, the House of Assembly has heard.
Walton Brown, the Cabinet Office minist...
DATE: Mar 20, 2019
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Bermuda’s New Zealand residents are to hold a candlelight vigil in a Hamilton city park in memory of the victims of a white supremacist attack in their homeland.
The event will be staged this evening to honour 50 people killed in the terror attacks a...
DATE: Mar 20, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
A drone found at the weekend on Cooper’s Island in St George’s can be reclaimed at Hamilton Police Station.
A police spokesman said the drone was handed in yesterday, after it was discovered on Sunday. The owner can collect the drone at the station.
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DATE: Mar 19, 2019
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A grieving husband and dad has visited the site of a plane crash in Ethiopia that claimed the lives of his wife, three children and his mother-in-law.
Paul Njoroge, who works at Butterfield Bank, travelled to the site outside the Ethiopian capital of...
DATE: Mar 19, 2019
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
An historic theatrical group from Boston’s Harvard University is to return to the Bermuda stage tomorrow — with women in the cast for the first time.
Hasty Pudding Theatricals will showcase their new show, France France Revolution, which has broken a...
DATE: Mar 19, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
