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Replacements for Swing Bridge and Longbird Bridge are in the pipeline after a contract for design work was handed to a British team.
Both of the East End structures have suffered major deterioration in recent years, and Swing Bridge was subject to em...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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Environment
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Bermuda International Film Festival organisers today called on island film-makers to submit short films.
The top 20 submissions will be picked and shown as part of BerMovie Day, which will open the 2018 festival.
The films will be shown at the Earl C...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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A cruise ship passenger who sufferred a suspected stroke was evactuated to Bermuda in the early hours of Monday morning.
The 72-year-old man onboard the Seven Seas Explorer was picked up by pilot boat and taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital b...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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Local residents had the chance to see Bermuda’s Carifesta performers in action on Sunday evening.
The participants who performed in Barbados in August put on a Carifesta Showcase back home at the Ruth Seaton James Centre for the Performing Arts.
Perf...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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First Atlantic Commerce, a global online payments technology company, announced today that it is working with Bermuda Island Taxi, a full service taxi dispatch and transportation company, to process its Ride Bermuda app credit card payments.
By integ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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Firefighters have accepted a 2.5 per cent pay rise, the Bermuda Government announced today.
The award, retroactive to April 1 this year, came after a negotiation process dating back to July this year, government reform minister Lovitta Foggo said.
It...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff
Education minister Diallo Rabain visited the Bermuda College to meet welders taking their practical test for national certification.
Welders, electricians, automotive service technicians and landscapers are required to be nationally certified, meanin...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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Politics
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News Staff
Residents can discuss a new water strategy for St George’s at a meeting next week.
The Bermuda Government said it has selected its preferred water and wastewater servicing for the East End after reviewing the likely environmental impact of potential ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2017
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Environment
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News Staff
Nearly 150 complaints and queries have been made this year about employers failing to provide health insurance coverage.
The Bermuda Health Council named a host of companies who have failed to comply with the Health Insurance Act.
It said 147 complai...
DATE: Dec 04, 2017
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Health
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News Staff
A beach cleanup will take place on Saturday at Frank’s Bay and the Railway Trail in Southampton.
The event is organised by One Communications, which is encouraging friends and family to help out.
Network engineer Michele Belvedere said: “While our da...
DATE: Dec 04, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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News Staff