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An online marketplace for island businesses to sell Bermudian products and experiences will be launched at the end of the month.
David Burt told the House of Assembly on Friday that the economic recovery plan had identified the establishment of a sm...
DATE: Nov 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
More than half the cost of a new superyacht marina in St George will be met by the Government, the acting public works minister told MPs.
Wayne Furbert said the Government would contribute $1.5 million of the $2.7 million needed to reconstruct a whar...
DATE: Nov 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
A $43.3 million deficit was recorded by the Government in the first half of the financial year, the finance minister revealed yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson told MPs that the “all inclusive” deficit, which included capital spending and debt service...
DATE: Nov 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
Bermuda continues to lead the world on coronavirus cases per head, two tracking sites have shown.
Worldometer.com’s coronavirus website showed Bermuda had the world’s highest number of active cases per head over the last seven days with 16,323 case...
DATE: Sep 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
A Rastafarian artist yesterday vowed to rebuild his distinctive red, gold and green VW Beetle after it was wrecked by fire.
Perry Butterfield’s “Lion Bug”, a familiar sight on the roads across the island for years, was gutted in a blaze thought to ha...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
The owners of a small business were celebrating last night after their stolen van was recovered yesterday thanks to an outpouring of support from the community.
A thief stole the Planning Factory’s van sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday m...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
Bermuda has been featured in leading African-American lifestyle magazine Essence.
The article, which highlights local tour guide Kristin White, is entitled The Black Girls Guide to Bermuda and appears here.
Kimberly Wilson writes: “While many are u...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
Many acres of seagrass beds crucial for the survival of sea turtles and other marine life have “completely collapsed” over the last four years, according to a leading environmental group.
The Bermuda Turtle Project says “immediate changes” are neede...
DATE: Aug 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
Flora Duffy said this was her last shot and she took it.
There may have been few spectators in Tokyo but all of Bermuda was cheering on Bermuda’s golden girl as she ran into the history books and smashed the Olympic record at the same time.
In the en...
DATE: Jul 27, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
Bermuda has to “address its aversion to immigration” and also find ways to encourage highly educated Bermudians who have emigrated to return, according to economist Craig Simmons.
That’s because it has an ageing population which is failing produce e...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill