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A team of young Bermudians shared tales of transformation yesterday as Raleigh Bermuda started recruiting for its 2018 programme.
Donnikae Baker, 19, said her summer in Borneo was a “once- in-a-lifetime opportunity”.
She added: “Everything else, you ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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A nature charity’s conservation plan in Somerset has been hit by damage to fencing at a protected reserve.
Work by the Audubon Society at Somerset Long Bay nature reserve is now on hold because of the expensive damage.
The group has appealed for thos...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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Bermuda’s status as a co-operative tax jurisdiction has been reaffirmed by the European Union’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
But the British media have highlighted that Bermuda is among 47 jurisdictions warned to take extra steps to preven...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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Developer Michael MacLean is still counting the cost of a deal to massively overhaul the Hamilton waterfront nearly five years on.
“The whole case has cost me close to $4 million,” Mr MacLean said in the wake of his protracted legal battle.
“All I ca...
DATE: Dec 04, 2017
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Zachary Bishop, aged 10, has just celebrated a martial arts milestone with the earning of his junior black belt.
After more than 350 karate lessons at The Academy of Martial Arts on Front Street, Zachary has become Sensei Bobby Smith’s third student ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2017
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Local charities are to be profiled for their level of risk from money laundering and terrorist financing, according to the Registrar General.
The moves come in tandem with the work of the National Anti-Money Laundering Committee tasked with monitorin...
DATE: Dec 04, 2017
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Today marks 40 years since the island’s last hangings unleashed the worst social unrest in modern times.
Glenn Fubler of the group Imagine Bermuda has organised a gathering at City Hall to mark the anniversary with the theme that “every life is preci...
DATE: Dec 02, 2017
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The island’s charity for military veterans has launched a campaign to recover a ceremonial sword that was stolen more than 20 years ago.
The sword was taken from the historic Old Rectory, then the home of Lieutenant-Colonel Brendan Hollis, during the...
DATE: Dec 01, 2017
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An unusual feathered visitor has been spotted for only the second time in Bermuda.
Birdwatcher Ian Fisher snapped a picture of a western tanager, first sighted in 2006 by David Wingate, in Ferry Point Park, the same location as the American songbird ...
DATE: Dec 01, 2017
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King’s Wharf at Dockyard is due a makeover, combining repairs with the possibility of upgrading the cruise ship pier to take on a larger class of vessels.
After an expression of interest from the Department of Works and Engineering, a meeting was hos...
DATE: Dec 01, 2017
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