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Government has scrapped a promised referendum on gaming and will instead move ahead with gaming legislation.
Premier Craig Cannonier said: “Gaming will be brought to the House of Assembly in the form of legislation where it will be either passed or r...
DATE: Dec 13, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 51 year old guest worker is in police custody after igniting firecrackers in St George's in the early hours of Friday and Saturday.
It was initially suspected the bangs were gunshots.
A court appearance is expected in the near future.
DATE: Dec 13, 2013
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Pregnant? There’s an app for that. In fact, there’s tons of smartphone applications designed specifically for expectant and/or new parents. Bearing in mind a recent study found that almost half of all health applications downloaded this year were rel...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Jessie Moniz Hardy
Bermuda’s Parliament approved a number of changes to the Human Rights Act 1981 (the Act) in August, the most notable being the addition of sexual orientation to the list of defined characteristics protected from unlawful discrimination.
The Act chie...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Island residents have pledged nearly $300,000 to the Bermuda Red Cross to help those impacted by a deadly typhoon in the Philippines, and money is still coming in.
Bermuda Red Cross director Ann Spencer-Arscott said that as of yesterday the charity h...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tragic solo sailor Steve Cummings — whose body was washed ashore at Shelly Bay yesterday morning — was an experienced yachtsman who had sailed around the world and had spent his entire life “messing around boats”.
But the veteran skipper had to be to...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
Residents near the Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute are still complaining of foul smells in the area, almost two months after the problem was supposed to have been remedied.
The odours, emanating from the MAWI waste treatment facility, should have dis...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Bermuda’s new Deputy Governor will be officially sworn in at a ceremony at Government House tomorrow.
Career diplomat Ginny Ferson has previously been posted to Mauritius, Luxembourg, South Korea and Pakistan during her more-than 25 years with the Di...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
Receivership of Coral Beach & Tennis Club, and Horizons and Cottages is to end on Friday, with either the mortgage holder, Swedbank AB New York, taking over of the leasehold, or its purchase by a third unnamed party.
KPMG had been appointed receiver...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Rebecca Zuill
Several hours after my daughter was born six years ago, she had the biggest poo I had ever seen. It was enormous, black and nasty. It was 2am and there were no nurses to be found at the hospital and “the stuff” was EVERYWHERE. No matter how many book...
DATE: Dec 12, 2013
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Jessie Moniz Hardy
