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A bid to crack down on underage drinking and antisocial behaviour was last night backed by MPs.
The House of Assembly approved a bill by Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley to make ID checks at the doors of bars and clubs mandatory.
Mr Dunkley sai...
DATE: Mar 06, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
‘Like night and day’ is how one might describe the transformation seen in women who’ve taken part in Government’s Community Driven Development programme.
Seventeen women, who stuck with the inaugural programme, started off discouraged and dishearten...
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If you want to avoid cervical cancer, get your annual check-ups and see a doctor regularly. That’s was advice from a visiting obstetrician-gynaecologist who was on the island to speak to about cervical cancer.
Dr Natalie Sohn was here to talk with m...
DATE: Mar 06, 2014
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Jessie Moniz Hardy
Government spent $40,000 on a UK legal advisor for drafting gaming regulations — and paid $45,000 to local law firm MJM for the drawing up legislation for the new Tourism Authority.
But Attorney General Mark Pettingill defended the contracts as “well...
DATE: Mar 06, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Seventy percent of California has been experiencing extreme drought; 95 percent of the state has had some form of drought for three years. The rains have come but it does not end the drought and recovery will take years. Bermuda gets the bulk of its ...
DATE: Mar 06, 2014
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As many Bermuda residents are now aware, lionfish that are native to the Indo-Pacific region have invaded the western Atlantic.
First spotted off Florida in the 1980s, lionfish have been in Bermuda since at least 1999 and have now spread throughout t...
DATE: Mar 06, 2014
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For one hour later this month people across Bermuda are being asked to demonstrate that they care about the environment.
For a lifetime after that, people are being urged to show a commitment to creating a legacy for their children and their children...
DATE: Mar 06, 2014
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Belco has put forward a proposal to cut its facilities charge for residential customers who use the least electricity — which could result in a lower electricity bill for an estimated 44 percent of households.
However, the 28 percent of households wh...
DATE: Mar 06, 2014
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Jonathan Kent
Bermuda will be playing its part in International Women’s Day (IWD) which will be celebrated on Saturday.
‘Inspiring Change’ is the theme of this year’s celebration which encourages advocacy for women’s advancement.
The Day is intended to mark the so...
DATE: Mar 06, 2014
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One of the Island’s leading insurance companies has pledged its support for an initiative aimed at raising awareness about the environment.
The Colonial Group will turn off all its lights for an hour at its Reid Street offices in the run-up to Earth ...
DATE: Mar 06, 2014
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