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Five recruit firefighters have returned from overseas training in Texas.
Christopher Clarke, Jordan Govia, Matthew Mills, Mahkye Steede and Amani Wears were part of a 21-day recruit boot camp at the Engineering Extension Service department of Texas A...
DATE: Oct 23, 2017
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Clarien Bank has donated $50,000 to The Reading Clinic’s I-PLAY preschool programme that helps improve preschool literacy and reading ability.
Michael DeCouto, Clarien’s chief marketing officer, said: “Bermuda depends on a well-educated and literate...
DATE: Oct 23, 2017
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Plans to use quad bikes in Bermuda’s parks and on the Railway Trail need an impact assessment, environmental watchdogs said yesterday.
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Task Force warned that environmental, economic and social factors had to ...
DATE: Oct 21, 2017
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A former receptionist at Cambridge Beaches Resort & Spa yesterday admitted stealing more than $560 from the hotel.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Lanell Burrows, 44, was caught after the hotel introduced a new card processing system in January.
This ...
DATE: Oct 20, 2017
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The island’s incinerator will have to recruit four engineers from overseas to fill gaps in the workforce, the Minister of Public Works told MPs today.
And Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch warned that the Tynes Bay plant would either need expanded or ma...
DATE: Oct 20, 2017
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Government ministers will be required to disclose any hospitality they receive which could influence them, under new amendments to their code of conduct.
Government reform minister Lovitta Foggo said the move comes in the light of the Jetgate affair ...
DATE: Oct 20, 2017
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The International Business community will help middle school students with social studies and business studies as part of a new partnership.
Education minister Diallo Rabain told the House of Assembly a new public-private partnership with the Associa...
DATE: Oct 20, 2017
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A 52-year-old Devonshire man was today fined $800 for driving a boat while impaired by alcohol.
Wyman Minx admitted the offence, which happened on June 26, when he appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning.
The court heard that marine police were...
DATE: Oct 20, 2017
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The need to educate other countries about Bermuda’s business reputation is intensified because of uncertainty in Europe, according to David Burt.
The Premier gave MPs a report on his recent trip to Brussels, Paris and London, in which he met with Eur...
DATE: Oct 20, 2017
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Obesity and diabetes could cost Bermuda $26 million in health insurance claims over the next decade, Kim Wilson warned today.
The Minister of Health told the House of Assembly that this figure does not include indirect costs, such as the impact on o...
DATE: Oct 20, 2017
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