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CedarBridge Academy students will be given insight into an array of job opportunities at a vocational career fair on Friday.
Major businesses are taking part in the event — titled Endless Possibilities — to help guide youngsters who are considering t...
DATE: Apr 30, 2014
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Bermuda must target a range of niche tourist groups if it is to increase visitor numbers, according to industry chiefs.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority made the recommendation in response to a Royal Gazette survey, which asked the question: “Is Bermuda...
DATE: Apr 30, 2014
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Progressive Labour Party leader Marc Bean has promoted backbench MP Lovitta Foggo to his Shadow Cabinet in a shuffle of his front bench team.
Parliamentary whip Ms Foggo has been appointed Shadow Education Minister, taking over from Walton Brown, who...
DATE: Apr 30, 2014
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Three sailors who endured a nightmare ordeal on the open seas after their yacht sank in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean have arrived safely in Bermuda.
British couple Leonard and Lisa Rorke, along with crew member Henri Worthalter, from Belgium, wer...
DATE: Apr 29, 2014
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Bermuda’s swimmers have been applauded by Sports Minister Wayne Scott after picking up 22 medals at the CARIFTA Games in Aruba.
Minister Scott said that, like many Bermudians, he had anticipated the swimmers racking up a healthy number of medals — bu...
DATE: Apr 29, 2014
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Voters who believe Government should hold a referendum on gaming have one more week to sign a petition calling for a ballot.
A pressure group launched the petition in January after Government dropped a pre-election pledge to let the public decide if ...
DATE: Apr 29, 2014
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Three sub-post offices are to be shut down in a bid to make the service more cost effective.
At a press conference this afternoon, Acting Premier Michael Dunkley said the three branches — at St. David’s, Harrington Sound and Somerset Bridge — will cl...
DATE: Apr 29, 2014
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A new women’s rifle drill team set to make its debut at the annual Bermuda Day Parade has got a seal of approval from the wives of Governor George Fergusson and Premier Craig Cannonier.
Margaret Fergusson and Antoinette Cannonier joined forces to ins...
DATE: Apr 28, 2014
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Establishing conditions for job creation, reducing the cost of living and widening the scope of human rights are just three accomplishments touted by Premier Craig Cannonier as evidence that his Government is “getting the job done”.
In an opinion pri...
DATE: Apr 28, 2014
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A Bermuda cahow has been spotted more than 600 miles from home in waters off Canada.
The bird was photographed by Michael Force, who was on-board a research vessel approximately 130 miles south of Cape Sable — around 615 miles north of Bermuda.
Alth...
DATE: Apr 28, 2014
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