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Almost one third of the Island’s 1,400 Permanent Resident Certificate holders have applied for status in the past five months, according to Government.
The Ministry of Home Affairs released the figure yesterday after earlier failing to provide inform...
DATE: Oct 04, 2014
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda has more options than any other destination for Americans willing to pay top dollar for luxury vacations at upmarket hotels, according to a new survey.
A list of the top 20 most expensive resorts in the world visited by US travellers has been...
DATE: Oct 04, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Government is refusing to reveal how many Permanent Resident Certificate holders have applied for status since a controversial court ruling five months ago made them eligible for Bermuda passports.
In May Chief Justice Ian Kawaley ruled that, because...
DATE: Oct 03, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda’s charity leaders must pursue a common vision and be committed to improving their organisations, according to the Centre on Philanthropy.
Unveiling plans for a fifth biennial Third Sector Conference to be held in 2016, the umbrella organisati...
DATE: Oct 02, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Opposition Progressive Labour Party has expressed “grave concern” over planned amendments to work permit regulations designed to attract foreign job creators to the Island.
Yesterday Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said the draft proposals, wh...
DATE: Oct 02, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A diver leaping from the cliffs of Admiralty House Park features in the latest globally broadcast television commercial for technology giant Samsung.
The advert for the company’s latest Galaxy Tab S tablet features a series of stunning images contras...
DATE: Oct 01, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An episode of the hit television programme The X Factor that was partly filmed in Bermuda will be aired in the UK this weekend.
And travel industry chiefs are hoping that the star appeal of the talent show’s judge Louis Walsh will entice UK residents...
DATE: Oct 01, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Entrepreneurs seeking funding to start up tourism-related ventures can now make online submissions to the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
The authority is offering hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants to people looking to enter the industry, and acc...
DATE: Oct 01, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An overhaul of work permit regulations which will “reduce red tape and demonstrate that Bermuda is open for business” could come into effect by the end of the year.
According to Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy, the revisions, compiled by Governmen...
DATE: Oct 01, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An alleged machete attack victim told a jury how trouble flared during a night out with girlfriends.
Dante Allen said that she arrived at Bailey’s Bay Cricket Club on the evening of November 9 last year with her sister and met friend Collisha Burch o...
DATE: Sep 30, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan