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January could become the wettest in the island’s history, according to the Bermuda Weather Service.
Not including rainfall recorded yesterday, the island has already recorded more than 8.6 inches of rain this month — 1.26in shy of the record set in 1...
DATE: Jan 25, 2017
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The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Public Accounts (PAC) is set to host its next public hearing tomorrow examining spending by the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
The committee has invited officers from the BTA to discuss matters arising out of t...
DATE: Jan 25, 2017
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The Bermuda Hospitals Board has invested in a new pilot programme aimed at helping address chronic diseases.
According to a spokeswoman, the Patient-Centred Medical Home programme offers outpatient referral services for individuals with chronic disea...
DATE: Jan 24, 2017
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Work to restore the titular clocks at Dockyard’s iconic Clocktower has begun in the US.
According to a Wedco spokesman, the clocks were installed 30 years ago, with one giving the time and the other the high tide time. However, mechanisms in the cloc...
DATE: Jan 23, 2017
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The Progressive Labour Party is set to host a panel discussion this week intended to help the public enter the vacation rental industry.
The discussion, entitled “Unlocking Your Property’s Potential: Vacation Rentals”, will be the first in the party’...
DATE: Jan 23, 2017
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A Jamaican national was named yesterday as the third person charged with a plot to supply the controlled drug fentanyl.
Maurice Martin was charged in Magistrates’ Court of a single count of conspiring with others between an unknown date and December ...
DATE: Jan 23, 2017
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The Hamilton Princess is starting the new year with a host of newly renovated Fairmont Gold Rooms.
Roydell Neverson, director of rooms, described the Fairmont Gold experience as a hotel within the hotel, with guests led to a new Gold Lounge for check...
DATE: Jan 20, 2017
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The Ministry of Finance has released the terms of reference for the “Blue Ribbon Panel” reviewing the controversial airport redevelopment project.
The terms of reference sets out the objective, background, scope, deliverables and timing of the review...
DATE: Jan 20, 2017
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Students at Impact Mentoring Academy were given a hands-on experience in the hospitality industry last month at its second annual Impact Hotel event.
The event, organised as part of the Bermuda Hospitality Institute’s Hospitality Skills, Life Skills ...
DATE: Jan 16, 2017
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The performing arts are more than simple entertainment, according to organisers of the 2017 Bermuda Festival.
Speaking to the Hamilton Rotary Club this week, Ginny Masters, event administrator, described the arts as the soul of society and a key ingr...
DATE: Jan 14, 2017
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