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Premier Craig Cannonier has taken a swipe at an international news organisation for putting out headlines that he claims ”completely misrepresented Bermuda’s position” on negotiations with London over a new tax treaty for Overseas Territories.
The Pr...
DATE: Jun 13, 2013
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Although the planned Indoor Outdoor Experience has been greeted with enthusiasm by parents, some residents are less than happy that they will continue to have a school on their doorstep.
A school has been located at the site on Lightbourne Road in Sm...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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Tourism chiefs are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past unless they change their mindsets and place the industry on a new footing, according to critics.
Independent MP Terry Lister and former Shadow Tourism Minister Kim Swan spoke out after Gove...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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Tourism
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Gareth Finighan
A new preschool plans to broaden the horizons of its students when it opens in September — by holding lessons in the great outdoors.
Instead of stuffy classrooms and blank walls, youngsters attending the Building Blocks Indoor and Outdoor Experience ...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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Education
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Gareth Finighan
Visitor arrivals for the first three months of 2013 were down almost four percent on the year before, according to the latest statistics.
At a press conference yesterday Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell revealed that Bermuda played host to 33,256 to...
DATE: Jun 11, 2013
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Tourism
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Gareth Finighan
Government has been applauded for responding to concerns over its planned changes to the Human Rights Act.
A Bill amending the law to include sexual orientation as one of the grounds on which discrimination is unlawful was tabled in the House of Asse...
DATE: Jun 11, 2013
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The Bermuda Regiment has a new man in charge after Lt Col Michael Foster-Brown officially assumed command of the military unit at a handing-over ceremony on Saturday evening.
Lt Col Foster-Brown, 41, takes over from Lt Col Brian Gonsalves, who has be...
DATE: Jun 10, 2013
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Government is to withdraw a provision within proposed amendments to the Human Rights Act which critics claimed would enable the police to harass people.
The amendment expands the grounds on which discrimination is unlawful to include sexual orientati...
DATE: Jun 10, 2013
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Politics
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Gareth Finighan
Government is still searching for a Director of Archives, almost two years after the last jobholder was placed on administrative leave.
Karla Hayward was sidelined from the $144,000-a-year post in September 2011 after staff threatened to go on strike...
DATE: Jun 10, 2013
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Government is seeking feedback from the public on plans to establish a marine reserve within Bermuda’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
The Island has exclusive rights to the exploration and use of resources within the zone, which consists of 465,000 s...
DATE: Jun 10, 2013
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