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The Grotto Bay Resort is seeking to upgrade its spa facilities to offer floating massages in the heart of Prospero’s Cave.
While the resort has been using the cave to host treatments at its Natura Spa for several years, a planning application submitt...
DATE: Dec 04, 2013
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Tourism
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda Public Service Union president Kevin Grant praised the appointment of Derrick Binns as the new Cabinet Secretary, calling on him to champion civil service and civil servants.
Dr Binns, who previously held the post of Permanent Secretary for t...
DATE: Dec 04, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Joy turned to heartbreak for one family after they discovered that the puppy stolen from their house had been recovered. But Government have now ordered it be put down.
Reyel Bowen said his pit bull puppy Hershey was found by police yesterday, but wa...
DATE: Dec 04, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The trial of two men accused of conspiring to import cocaine ended abruptly yesterday after the Crown announced it did not intend to proceed.
Dennis Zuill 35, from Pembroke, and Dennis Thomas, 39, from Warwick, had both denied conspiring to import 50...
DATE: Dec 04, 2013
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Minister of Community and Culture Wayne Scott has unveiled a new short-term employment programme which is set launch this month.
The 18-week programme will employ a total of 60 people to carry out landscaping and general maintenance around the Island...
DATE: Dec 04, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A pair of Bermuda fish species have been recognised by the Smithsonian Institution as being unique to Bermuda’s waters.
The yellowfin chromis and the Collette’s halfbeak have been classified as endemic to Bermuda in an update to the authoritative 199...
DATE: Dec 03, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Amendments to firearms legislation aimed at decreasing the number of feral chickens on the Island have been approved in the House of Assembly
The Firearms Amendment No 2 Act 2013, tabled by Public Safety Minister Michael Dunkley on Friday, allows the...
DATE: Dec 02, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former Berkeley head boy killed in a traffic collision this weekend has been hailed as a Bermudian gem.
Uthmani Talbot, 24, from Smiths, died on Saturday morning as a result of injuries suffered in a traffic collision on Harrington Sound Road.
Acco...
DATE: Dec 02, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government is considering rules which would require precertification before medical diagnostic procedures are performed in an effort to reduce unnecessary tests.
Health Minister Patricia Gordon-Pamplin said Government was currently in the consultatio...
DATE: Dec 02, 2013
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
North Village Community Club is hoping to erect temporary classroom facilities at Bernard Park to help its young members.
According to an application received by the Planning Department earlier this month, the club hopes to erect two portable, prefab...
DATE: Dec 02, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
