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Obtaining as much as $150 million in financing, juggling staffing issues and building and siting what could be a $300-million new infrastructure to feed Belco’s power plant are some of the hurdles in front of Bermuda’s electricity company.
Belco must...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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David Fox, Business Editor
James Doughty is a classic example of the proverbial ‘chip off the old block’.
The Les-Roches University graduate is a third generation sailor, following in the wake of his late grandfather Alan and father Paul, whose name is synonymous with youth sa...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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The path to a cleaner energy supply at a lower cost to the consumer could begin soon with “smart meters” for every home in Bermuda, together with conservation education.
But it won’t come until Belco and government strike a deal determining how the b...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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A Smith’s woman has donated a total of $30,000 to various charities and to the performing arts as a way to give back to her community.
To celebrate her 30th birthday, actress Nishanti Bailey decided to hold a play. The proceeds of her production Chai...
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Mandatory drug tests for those in public office is a breach of privacy, according to Senator Diallo Rabain.
During a heated discussion in the Senate of a report about adopting the policy, some Senators voiced strong concerns about the invasion of the...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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Frustrated minibus drivers are being overlooked by transport officials who advise tourists on how to travel around Bermuda, it has been claimed.
But that suggestion has been refuted by the Ministry of Transport, which said that cruise ship passengers...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
A ten percent grocery discount scheme is to end because retailers can’t afford it.
But Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said he hoped to “narrow the scope” of the discount deal to target those in most need.
Sen Fahy told Senate yesterday that the c...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A renowned scientist leading a study on Bermuda’s water quality has been killed in a landslide on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean.
Quebec medical researcher Éric Dewailly, 59, was one of two people who died on Tuesday when a cliff above them colla...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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Peter C. Durhager has been elected chairman and L. Anthony Joaquin deputy chairman of Ascendant Group Limited, the company announced yesterday.
The election by the board of directors follows the retirement of S. Reginald Minors as chairman, and from ...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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Diving legend and ocean scientist Teddy Tucker, who died on June 9 at the age of 88, has been heralded as “the voice of the Sargasso Sea” by the nature publication National Geographic.
Mr Tucker was closely associated with the National Geographic Soc...
DATE: Jun 19, 2014
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