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Illegal dumping at Marsh Folly is making a dirty and dangerous job even worse for staff — prompting one irate worker to call for the public to show more consideration.
“We need to have cameras installed down here — this is all stuff that’s supposed t...
DATE: Apr 08, 2014
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Bermuda’s Triple Challenge Weekend has been declared a whopping success by organisers, who hope to develop the event into a tourism product as the charity challenge continues to evolve.
The final leg of the competition wrapped up yesterday in Dockyar...
DATE: Apr 07, 2014
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The decision to bar a film team from Bermuda on the basis of “reputational risks” to the Island has been condemned as giving the impression of a cover-up.
The crew from Canadian company Cineflix had sought to enter the Island for a documentary on the...
DATE: Apr 07, 2014
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The Bermuda Triple Challenge, which kicked off in colourful style Friday night in St George’s, continued putting this year’s teams to the test bright and early this morning with a race at Warwick Camp.
The second leg of the annual charity event, the ...
DATE: Apr 06, 2014
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The indebted Sandys 360 sports facility, which remains shut down after the electricity was turned off five months ago, has negotiated a flatline budget to cover basic maintenance.
Acting chairman Stanley Lee said the sports centre’s financing is unde...
DATE: Mar 27, 2014
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A school in Sierra Leone could open its doors in September, thanks to a global fundraising effort that started in Bermuda.
The Hope Academy for Girls has been a project long in the making, according to organiser Ngadi Kamara, daughter of the fundrais...
DATE: Mar 25, 2014
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The Island today marks the International Day for the Remembrance of Slavery with the first of three lectures on the transatlantic slave trade.
Tonight’s talk by Lehman College’s Mark Christian will focus on the first “point” of the triangle in the tr...
DATE: Mar 25, 2014
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Plans to build a hotel at Hamilton’s Par-la-Ville site, which were delayed after Government enacted laws subjecting the Corporation’s agreement to Parliamentary approval, have been passed by the House of Assembly.
Junior Home Affairs Minister Sylvan ...
DATE: Mar 24, 2014
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The building of a resort at Morgan’s Point, starting with a “boutique” 84-room hotel, has won bipartisan support with the approval of a fresh land agreement for the West End property.
Developer Craig Christensen called the passage of the Morgan’s Poi...
DATE: Mar 24, 2014
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The Bermuda Regiment needs to retain conscription in order to survive, according to a group of nine former Commanding Officers.
Dubbed the Nine Colonels, the group has submitted an opinion piece, appearing on page four of today’s edition, in response...
DATE: Mar 24, 2014
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