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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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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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Absentee balloting, fixed-term elections and the right of voters to recall MPs are still in the works, despite a long silence from Government on political reform.
The measures were part of the One Bermuda Alliance election platform, and a governance ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2014
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A positive appraisal of the Emergency Measures Organisation (EMO) during last month’s Tropical Storm Fay was not shared by Opposition MPs, who suggested the fierce storm had caught Bermuda unprepared.
Michael Dunkley, the Premier who also serves as t...
DATE: Nov 24, 2014
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Sightings of orange lights drifting across the sky yesterday resulted in calls to Bermuda Maritime Operations from the area of Southampton.
The service alerted vessels to keep a lookout and Police were asked to send a patrol to make sure no one was i...
DATE: Nov 24, 2014
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