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Government savings are expected to help boost capacity for the popular after school programme, the Senate heard today.
Owen Darrell, the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport, told the Upper House that the programme had a waiting list of 97 clients. A...
DATE: Nov 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An advisory group set up in 2015 to help keep Bermuda’s economy on a steady course is to get its first review.
An assessment of the Financial Policy Council, which will include consultation with others in the island’s financial sector, is expected to...
DATE: Nov 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Covid-19 booster shot clinic hosted by St John Ambulance Bermuda delivered the Moderna Bivalent vaccine to nearly 150 people last weekend.
The charity plans to offer another pop-up clinic on December 10.
A spokesman said St John Ambulance offered t...
DATE: Nov 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 21-year-old man reported missing yesterday has been found safe and sound, police said tonight.
The Bermuda Police Service and the coastguard had searched across the island for Keni Smith, who had last been seen at 2pm yesterday.
A spokesman said: “...
DATE: Nov 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An endurance challenge and fundraiser for a young people’s personal development charity has unveiled the winners of its “Ultimate Survivor” race.
For the second time, James Lee took the first-place medal in the advanced level of Raleigh Bermuda’s alu...
DATE: Nov 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s “naysayers” risk the island losing out on “the biggest industry of the next decade”, the Government’s fintech adviser has warned.
Denis Pitcher, head of the booking management company resQwest, decried a killjoy attitude that scuppered the ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Crunch talks between air transport officials and airlines are forging ahead behind closed doors with “promising” signs to reinstate Bermuda’s high-priority winter connection to Boston.
Speaking at the Bermuda Tourism Authority’s industry summit on Fr...
DATE: Nov 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The traditional start of Christmastime in St George’s, put on hold by Covid-19 since 2020, returns next month with free shuttle buses serving the East End for the night.
The Bermuda National Trust’s Christmas Walkabout, bringing guests to the World H...
DATE: Nov 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A “call to arms” to rebuild a crucial economic pillar was made by the interim head of the Bermuda Tourism Authority at the opening of the island’s first industry summit in two years.
Tracy Berkeley vowed accountability and commitment from the BTA – b...
DATE: Nov 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s newest lawyer was praised by his colleagues in a Call to the Bar ceremony at the Supreme Court with a quote from US rapper Kendrick Lamar to illustrate his perseverance.
Reid Orchard, a hip-hop fan as well as a fourth-generation lawyer, ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell