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The PLP has called for more CCTV coverage after a spate of small business robberies. The latest was last week when two men raided the T & L Budget Warehouse on St Johns Road and escaped on a motorbike with an undisclosed amount of cash. “Unfortunat...

Shadow Education minister Lovitta Foggo has said the Devonshire community should be “extremely concerned” about an inspection at Elliot Primary School that identified that the fire alarm system is inoperable. Furthermore, Ms Foggo said there had been...

Inquiring minds want to know, Mr Editor, following last week’s column and recent events: OK, Barritt, any bright ideas on how consultation could work? Fair question. First, any attempt needs to be real and genuine. People will quickly recognise when ...

All options are on the table for the future use of Cross Island once the America’s Cup is over, according to Wedco. Andrew Dias, the general manager at Wedco, told attendees at a public meeting intended to garner feedback, that the intent was for the...

Parents were urged to make a difference in underage drinking yesterday as Alcohol Awareness Month launched on the island. Anthony Santucci, the executive director of the Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, described the April initiative as a “call to...

A United Nations court in The Hague has acquitted Vojislav Seselj, the Serbian nationalist whose volunteers helped to start the war in Croatia in 1991, of all charges. It isn’t the “not guilty” verdict that is shocking or necessarily wrong; it is the...

The Constituency Boundaries Commission wants feedback from the public, with an open forum to be held on the night of April 11. Submissions can also be sent by e-mail to pro@gov.bm, from today until April 11. The commission’s public meeting will be he...

The island’s recent political upheaval has become the subject of an April Fool’s spoof featured in an international sailing publication under the headline ‘Perfect storm strikes Bermuda’. Meanwhile, a second spoof appeared on the same site under the...

Residential property owners have been advised to recheck their land tax rates, after a retroactive adjustment in the House of Assembly. The Office of the Tax Commissioner announced that existing due dates are no longer valid, following the decision ...

Dear Sir, On a recent visit to Zimbabwe, and in spite of the controversies surrounding that country, this writer, frankly, was overjoyed to see first-hand the situation as regards the Zimbabweans and their struggle to secure ownership of the land of ...

Shadow transport minister Lawrence Scott has been suspended from his job as supervisor at JetBlue Airways. It is understood he was placed on leave by the company while it carries out an investigation into allegations about his conduct. Mr Scott, 36, ...

Dear Sir, I would like to respond to two letters that appeared in your paper on February 15 and March 26, both by Bermudian researcher Jonathan Land Evans. Mr Evans took issue with a statement attributed to home affairs minister Michael Fahy, publish...