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US Consul General Bob Settje finishes his tour of duty next week and will depart Bermuda on Friday.
He arrived on the Island in August 2012 to take up his role. The career diplomat had been the Regional Consular Officer for embassies and consulates...
DATE: Jun 05, 2015
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Grant Gibbons, the Minister for Economic Development, gave a ministerial statement on the new National Electricity Sector Policy that he presented to the House of Assembly this morning.
Calling it a “key step” in changing how Bermuda sources and use...
DATE: Jun 05, 2015
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A working group has been assigned to “frame terms of reference that will guide the process for developing recommendations regarding school reorganisation and possible closure”, Minister of Education Wayne Scott told the House of Assembly on Friday.
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DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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The Bermuda Government’s links with the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and CIBC World Markets were detailed in a testy exchange between Minister of Finance Bob Richards and Shadow Minister of Finance David Burt.
During Friday’s House of Assembly,...
DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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The Whitney Institute Middle School was the scene of a bomb scare this morning.
According to a police statement, first responders attended a report of a burglary at 8.04am at the school, when someone made a threat that a bomb was on the premises.
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DATE: Jun 01, 2015
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New proposals affecting insurance coverage for mammograms were again defended by Health Minister Jeanne Atherden yesterday.
Coverage is to be switched over to the more stringent clinical practices of the United States, according to a new Bill.
In ad...
DATE: May 30, 2015
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Par-la-Ville Hotel and Residences Ltd was ordered to pay Mexico Infrastructure Finance LLC more than $19 million yesterday by Puisne Judge Justice Stephen Hellman.
The case, which was heard in the Commercial Courts, was brought by MIF for a total of ...
DATE: May 28, 2015
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The Somersfield Academy Lego robotics team has won a regional competition in Canada.
A team of eight students along with team coach Mark Brown, director of innovation at Somersfield Academy, and staff member Irene Pimentel, travelled to Ottawa over ...
DATE: May 28, 2015
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One of Bermuda’s oldest dwellings hosted a new event on Saturday celebrating the onion — a crop so traditional Bermudians are still named after it.
Onion Day was marked at Carter House in St David’s, which is one of Bermuda’s oldest surviving structu...
DATE: May 27, 2015
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Marcus’ at The Hamilton Princess & Beach Club opens this evening.
The spacious restaurant is located in the former Gazebo Room, and while the old event room is gone, the stunning views over Hamilton Harbour are better than ever.
It is named after c...
DATE: May 27, 2015
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