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Complaints to the Department of Immigration about suspected breaches of immigration law have reached 115 to date in 2018, Wayne Caines, the national security minister, revealed yesterday.
There were 150 tip-offs to the department in 2017, Mr Caines a...
DATE: Dec 20, 2018
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The island is to host a major international conservation conference next year, according to the Bermuda National Trust.
The BNT won a bid for the International Conference of National Trusts 2019, which is expected to bring 150 representatives of cons...
DATE: Dec 19, 2018
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A five-night stay at a hotel was the top prize in a raffle set up to help send an art museum staff member to a training course in Britain.
Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art and The Reefs Hotel in Southampton teamed up to run the raffle.
The $890 rais...
DATE: Dec 19, 2018
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Digicel has been troubled this afternoon by “intermittent interruptions of the mobile network”, the company announced.
According to a spokeswoman, “the cause of the problem has been isolated and we are working diligently with our equipment provider t...
DATE: Dec 18, 2018
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Belco’s customer centre at the head office on 27 Serpentine Road, Pembroke will close at noon on Monday, the company advised.
Normal business hours will resume on Thursday, December 27, after the Christmas holiday.
Belco customers will be able to mak...
DATE: Dec 18, 2018
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A truck driver who was injured after being hit in the face by a piece of lumber this morning has been treated in hospital.
He was hurt at about 11.20am after the wood fell off another truck and crashed through his windshield as he drove along St John...
DATE: Dec 18, 2018
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A diabetic woman who was tipping the scales at 350lbs has credited the National Sports Centre with helping turn her life around.
Now Lucrecia Ming, who lost 150lbs in four years, is training to take part in the Ironman World Championship to be held n...
DATE: Dec 18, 2018
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Legislation to address “major gaps” in Bermuda’s mental health system was tabled in the House of Assembly on Friday.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said the Mental Health Amendment Bill outlined requirements for determining mental capacity, incl...
DATE: Dec 17, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
An attempt to drum up 100 jobs hit just over 60 per cent of its target, the House of Assembly heard last Friday.
Wayne Caines, the national security minister, said that a jobs fair this year resulted in 61 confirmed hires.
The jobs ranged from kitche...
DATE: Dec 17, 2018
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
International legal firms who set up in Bermuda will need Bermudian lawyers to tackle cases that involve island law under conditions proposed by the Government.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, told the House of Assembly on Friday that the ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2018
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