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Santa Claus paid an early visit to the island last night when he took part in the annual MarketPlace Christmas Parade.
Hundreds of spectators lined the route as a fleet of more than a dozen vehicles snaked its way through Hamilton.
The parade had st...
DATE: Dec 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
North Hamilton was bustling yesterday afternoon as crowds of shoppers snapped up Christmas bargains at the Court Street Market.
More than 60 retailers set up stalls on the street, which was closed to traffic for the afternoon. Rena Lalgie, the govern...
DATE: Dec 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Railway Trail network is to be cleaned up and maintained by a massive volunteer effort from international businesses.
The Association of International Companies (ABIC) has teamed up with Keep Bermuda Beautiful (KBB) and the department of parks to...
DATE: Dec 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The installation of a solar panels at the National Sports Centre is moving ahead, despite controversy over how the contract was awarded.
Ernest Peets, the minister for youth, culture and sport, recently visited the centre to inspect a new heat pump f...
DATE: Dec 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The government will have to reveal details of a controversial deal signed with a US-owned courier company without putting the contract out to tender, a court has ruled.
The Supreme Court has given Bermudian shippers Mailboxes Unlimited leave to appea...
DATE: Nov 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Bermuda Tourism Authority has been forced to pull a misleading image of the Botanical Gardens from its website – because the old photograph of manicured flower beds is a world away from the state of the grounds at present.
The BTA website said i...
DATE: Nov 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Canal Street entrance to Bull’s Head car park has been closed off to allow paving work to be carried out.
But motorists can still access the car park from the Elliot Street entrance.
Cars were backed up this morning as motorists tried to enter th...
DATE: Nov 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda has been hit by a shortage of fresh milk because of low production by dairy cows sparked by a shortage of imported cattle feed.
Dunkley’s Dairy said yields of fresh milk – which the company collects from farms before it is pasteurised and pac...
DATE: Nov 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The island’s biggest nature reserve will open to the public early next year after four years of development.
The Riddell’s Bay Gardens and Nature Reserve, on a former golf course in Warwick, covers 66 acres and includes walking trails, gardens and wa...
DATE: Nov 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The island will hold a major sailing event next year in a bid to attract more superyachts to the island.
Details of the event have yet to be announced, but a spokeswoman for the Bermuda Tourism Authority said superyachts that traditionally “migrated...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan