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Thousands of revellers celebrated the Christmas season the Bermuda way on Saturday as Hamilton hosted the Christmas Boat Parade.Spectators lined Front Street and Albuoy’s Point, enjoying a line-up of impressively lighted boats and festive music.Donal...
DATE: Dec 10, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s human rights laws need updating to reflect social change, according to a civil liberties watchdog.
Tawana Tannock, chairwoman of the Human Rights Commission, said: “Upholding the integrity of the Human Rights Act underpinned our engagement ...
DATE: Dec 07, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Amendments to increase pension payments are to be debated in the House of Assembly today.
The Contributory Pensions (Amendment of Benefits) Order 2018 was designed to increase benefits in line with a rise in the cost of living.
The amendments will in...
DATE: Dec 07, 2018
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The town of St George will get into the festive spirit tonight as the Bermuda National Trust hosts its 40th annual Christmas Walkabout.The popular holiday event draws crowds to the East End to visit historic homes and enjoy a range of entertainment a...
DATE: Dec 07, 2018
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Hundreds of new tourism jobs will be created in the next two years as the industry continues to grow, a Bermuda Tourism Authority consultant has predicted.
Anthony Bennett, managing director of marketing consultants RedSky Strategy, said the island h...
DATE: Dec 06, 2018
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Tourism
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Public and private secondary schools across the island have been awarded a total of $240,000 for charity work carried out by their pupils.
PartnerRe, the Hamilton-based reinsurer, donated $30,000 to eight of the island’s schools through its Dollars f...
DATE: Dec 06, 2018
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tax breaks will be offered for the conversion of a failed housing development in Warwick into a hotel if legislation tabled in the House of Assembly is passed.
The Bill was designed to give customs relief on materials imported to turn the Grand Atlan...
DATE: Dec 05, 2018
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Teachers at West Pembroke Primary School have returned to the classroom after they staged a sickout last week.
Mike Charles, general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, said: “Representatives had a meeting and all the teachers are back at wo...
DATE: Dec 05, 2018
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who refused a breath test because he thought a rum-based colon cleaning remedy would cause him to fail it has lost an appeal against his conviction for refusal to give a breath sample.
George James said he drank a mix of overproof rum, garlic a...
DATE: Dec 05, 2018
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Staff from Dolphin Quest Bermuda have made a presentation at an international conference on marine education in Connecticut.
Sundée Faulkner, sales and outreach manager, and Kameron Burgess, marine mammal specialist, both attended the Alliance of Mar...
DATE: Dec 05, 2018
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Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes