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Consignment store Orange Bay Company is going green with the introduction of a new Bring Your Own Bag initiative.
The Victoria Street shop has put an end to giving away shopping bags with every purchase. Instead, shoppers are asked to bring their ow...
DATE: Jul 24, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The seventh annual Groundswell Lionfish Tournament was another roaring success this year as 92 fish were swept up from the ocean.
There were 110 lionfish hunters this year and the biggest fish caught on the day was 17½ inches, by longtime tournament ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Incoming Senator Jason Hayward has said he would remain committed to the interests of the workers he represents as a union leader should there be any conflict between his roles.
The president of the Bermuda Public Service Union, who was sworn in as S...
DATE: Jul 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
It was one year today since the Chewstick Foundation’s culture Hub went up in flames, but it is beginning to rise from the ashes with the hosting of a series of commemorative fundraising events this weekend.
The cultural arts charity’s premises at 81...
DATE: Jul 21, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Business Development Agency has welcomed the Progressive Labour Party’s new Premier David Burt and his Cabinet following yesterday’s official swearing-in ceremony at Government House.
BDA CEO Ross Webber commended the party’s prioritisat...
DATE: Jul 21, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Executive director of Family Centre Martha Dismont has congratulated the Progressive Labour Party on its election win, saying “we have an opportunity here”.
Highlighting Wednesday night’s fatal shooting, Ms Dismont stressed there was still much work ...
DATE: Jul 21, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
New MP Wayne Caines and new senator Kathy Simmons were handed frontline portfolios as the Progressive Labour Party swore in its Cabinet team yesterday.
Mr Caines, one of the PLP’s big winners in Tuesday night’s General Election, gets the national sec...
DATE: Jul 21, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A shooting that left a 20-year-old man dead in Devonshire late last night has all the hallmarks of a gang-related murder, police now say.
Jahcari Francis was fatally shot at a residence on Upland Street at around 10.45pm. He was pronounced dead at t...
DATE: Jul 20, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Professor and author Michael Jarvis is to give an update on the University of Rochester Archaeology Field School’s work on Smith’s Island where investigations continue into its early inhabitation in St George’s Harbour.
Mr Jarvis, whose dig is spons...
DATE: Jul 20, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
David Burt pledged to work his hardest for “every single Bermudian in this country” as he was sworn in as Premier of Bermuda.
During the ceremony at Government House yesterday afternoon, attended by a healthy crowd of family members and party colleag...
DATE: Jul 20, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan