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Plans for the America’s Cup Event Village, along with broader plans for the 2017 event, have been submitted to the Department of Planning for approval.
As well as detailing the physical layout of the village, the proposals include broader elements su...
DATE: Mar 25, 2016
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Governor George Fergusson and his wife have sent Bermuda Easter Lilies to the Queen, continuing a long tradition.
This year’s lilies were grown in the Government House gardens. Government House said that Her Majesty’s Easter Lilies travelled on Tuesd...
DATE: Mar 24, 2016
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Legislation modernising the Public Health Act and expanding standard healthcare benefits were approved in the Senate.
The Public Health Amendment Act 2016 was described as an updating of existing legislation.
The amendments will update Bermuda’s lis...
DATE: Mar 24, 2016
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New initiatives in the Ministry of Home Affairs are hoped to provide revenue boosts, according to Michael Fahy.
Delivering the budget for the ministry in the Senate, Sen Fahy noted that new legislation would be introduced this year to extend the loca...
DATE: Mar 24, 2016
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After decades of helping the island’s young people through the Bermuda Sea Cadet Corp, Dwayne Trott has handed over command.
While Mr Trott formally handed the sword of command to Michael Frith this weekend, he said he remained proud of the work that...
DATE: Mar 23, 2016
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OBMI has been selected as the landscape architects for the proposed airport redevelopment project following a RFP process.
According to a statement by Aecon Group Inc, government’s partner in the project, OBMI’s Bermuda office was selected for the po...
DATE: Mar 23, 2016
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Local charity Adara Development has teamed up with DHL to provide hats and blankets hand-knitted in Bermuda to sick newborns in Uganda.
The items, knitted by Adara Development, will be shipped to the Kiwoko Hospitals neonatal intensive care unit by D...
DATE: Mar 19, 2016
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After a week of protests and heightened tensions, the island must now come together in order to move forward.
Sylvia Hayward-Harris, an ordained pastor and addiction counsellor, said that communication was the only way to move beyond the lingering is...
DATE: Mar 19, 2016
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A local entrepreneur is hoping to open a new tourist attraction, including mobile simulators and a labyrinth, in Dockyard this summer.
Hilton Brown said the project was the result of years of work, saying he had been looking for a space of land to le...
DATE: Mar 19, 2016
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The Bermuda Optical Company is celebrating 60 years of business by donating $6,000 to local charities.
Managing director Timothy Kempe and vice-president Nicholas Comber presented $3,000 cheques to both the Bermuda Society for the Blind and the Salva...
DATE: Mar 17, 2016
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