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A thriving global non-profit founded in Bermuda is seeking new corporate partners to further its work in struggling communities overseas.
“We realise that there are many needs right here at home in Bermuda,” said Pamela Barit Nolan, development manag...
DATE: Nov 27, 2014
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Opposition Senator Diallo Rabain has retracted a claim made in the Upper House that a top executive for developers Desarrollos Hotelco Group had been imprisoned for fraud.
The Venezuelan company is currently in negotiations with Government to develop...
DATE: Nov 27, 2014
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The public is struggling to understand the recent turn taken by politics in Bermuda, according to Opposition Senator Diallo Rabain — who was barred from discussing alleged remarks made by One Bermuda Alliance Senator Lynne Woolridge.
Senator Rabain t...
DATE: Nov 27, 2014
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A work permit policy that Government said would create jobs — and that the Opposition has criticised as hurting Bermudian workers — has been delayed, according to Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy.
Speaking during the Senate’s motion to adjourn, the...
DATE: Nov 27, 2014
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Sailor Stanley Paris, on his continuing solo quest to circle the globe in less than 150 days, is now in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean with his power on board running again.
Dr Paris, 77, currently halfway between Barbados and Cape Verde off West A...
DATE: Nov 26, 2014
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In a warning to holiday shoppers, police this afternoon issued a series of safety tips — and said there would be increased vigilance on the roads against drunk drivers.
“The Thanksgiving holiday in the United States signals the beginning of the shopp...
DATE: Nov 26, 2014
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Those who neglected to protect public funds during the multimillion-dollar Port Royal Golf Course restoration “must” be held to account, according to Auditor General Heather Jacobs Matthews.
The financing watchdog said the project, which ran up a bil...
DATE: Nov 25, 2014
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Dale Butler, the former Minister for Community, Culture and Sport, has distanced himself from suggestions that he is part of an online poker lottery promising thousands in prize money.
“I don’t play poker, I don’t join investment schemes and I have n...
DATE: Nov 25, 2014
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Bermuda Regiment soldiers have finished five gruelling days of training in how to conduct a shooting range.
Ten soldiers, ranging from Captain to Corporal, got weapons training from expert small arms instructors, courtesy of the British Army’s Small ...
DATE: Nov 25, 2014
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The East End’s Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre will remain running for another year at least, after its closure was declared and then reversed in 2013.
A year ago, the Bermuda Hospitals Board announced that the centre was underused and losing money.
Ho...
DATE: Nov 24, 2014
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