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The World Heritage Site status of St George is not under threat, despite a delay in the preparation of a five-year management plan required by Unesco to retain the coveted title.
A government spokeswoman said a draft of the plan was delayed because o...
DATE: Oct 23, 2019
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The Mayor of St George has admitted he did not follow corporation rules after he took a controversial decision to reopen Water Street to traffic.
George Dowling III spoke out yesterday after Philip Seaman, a former St George’s business ratepayers’ c...
DATE: Oct 22, 2019
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A second councillor in St George has resigned over the leadership style of the town’s mayor.
Philip Seaman, a business ratepayers’ councillor for four years, stepped down in part over a decision by George Dowling this summer to open a pedestrianised ...
DATE: Oct 21, 2019
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Sarah Lagan
The president of the Azores is to visit Bermuda as part of series of events to celebrate the 170th anniversary of the arrival of the first Portuguese on the island.
Vasco Cordeiro and other members of the Azorean Government will attend several events...
DATE: Oct 19, 2019
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Householders were warned yesterday to alert the fire service before they burnt garden waste.
The Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service spoke out after they received several reports of an unattended fire at a property on North Shore Road, Pembroke, near Overv...
DATE: Oct 17, 2019
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A plan to develop Bermuda as a regional training centre for police officers could generate income to boost the island’s thin blue line.
Commissioner of Police Stephen Corbishley said he was working on the proposal for the island to provide regional f...
DATE: Oct 16, 2019
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An extraordinary municipal election to fill a vacant seat at the Corporation of St George’s has been cancelled after a candidate withdrew.
MacLaren Smith and David Chew were both expected to be on the ballot tomorrow, but according to a statement fro...
DATE: Oct 16, 2019
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A group of doctors and pharmacists have joined forces to promote the use of medical cannabis.
Now the Bermuda Medicinal Cannabis Association is to meet with the Government next month to offer its expertise as Bermuda prepares legislation to allow use...
DATE: Oct 15, 2019
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Sarah Lagan
Bermuda’s schoolchildren have set a fine example for road safety as part of an art competition run by an energy firm this summer.
Rubis Energy Bermuda launched the Student Art Contest in partnership with the Bermuda Road Safety Council and The Royal ...
DATE: Oct 14, 2019
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Bermuda is in line to become a regional centre for police training for British Overseas Territories and the Caribbean region.
The news came after four officers from the British Virgin Islands completed a close protection course for VIPs run by the Be...
DATE: Oct 14, 2019
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