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July 19, 2012 Dear Sir, Why should the parking restrictions on Front Street outside the Supermart apply on Saturdays? How often do the docks open on Saturdays? The morning and afternoon restriction periods on Saturdays are very popular times for groc...

MPs will today debate plans to give Bermuda Monetary Authority power to impose penalties of hundreds of thousands of dollars. BMA will also be able to censure an institution publicly, and ban it from providing certain services or publish information,...

“Seamen” in Bermuda are now known as “seafarers” — and rules for their pay, food and medical care by ship owners have been tightened, under a Bill approved in the Senate. Senators anticipated extra revenue for the Island, through inspection and certi...

Electronic software taken up by Government last November has resulted in speedier payments to vendors, according to Junior Finance Minister David Burt. Government sent out 47,451 payments between March 1 and May 31 this year, Senator Burt told the Up...

A “gap in the system” pointed out by Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner has been amended by the Senate. Attorney General Kim Wilson joked that her presentation of the Bail Amendment Act, 2012 “may perhaps be the shortest brief in history”, adding: “T...

A large part of the unofficial election campaign is being conducted through social media. Talk radio, Facebook, online news sites and blogs, for example, are now bastions of extended commentary and no doubt an important component of a more participat...

Tall grass in the Island’s parks is nothing unusual, according to the Department of Parks, which has five of its 13 rider lawnmowers under repair. A spokesman said the Department kept an established schedule for cutting the grass, and is working to a...

July 15, 2012 Dear Sir, Who will be held accountable? I have no doubt that the story about the non-payment by the Government of their employees' dental insurance premiums is true. There are now three things we need to find out: 1. Was this because t...