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Conservationists have highlighted the plight of two “critically endangered” endemics on the island, the cahow and the Bermuda skink.
Nonsuch Expeditions used Endangered Species Day to put a spotlight on the species.
Jean-Pierre Rouja said: “This Enda...
DATE: May 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
More than 90 Bermuda College students received degrees, diplomas and certificates, as the educational establishment honoured its brightest and best.
For the first time since the Covid-19 crisis broke in 2020, 93 recipients gathered under a tent at th...
DATE: May 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Moves to allow a wider range of guided tour services across Bermuda will be before MPs today, Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, has said.
The legislation is aimed at allowing guided tour vehicles, which can include three-wheelers, to show visit...
DATE: May 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police have put out an appeal to locate a missing person.
The 22 year old male was last seen in Smith’s on Wednesday, the Bermuda Police Service said.
A spokesperson for the service said: “The Bermuda Police Service is seeking the public's assistance...
DATE: May 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Controversial financial breaks for the massive $376 million revamp of the Fairmont Southampton hotel complex were passed by the Senate yesterday after a clash over constitutional procedure.
The One Bermuda Alliance attempted to table a raft of amendm...
DATE: May 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Talks on the Government’s stalled bid to get its controversial cannabis plans into law will be held with a senior British official this week.
Paul Candler, the director of Overseas Territories at the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, i...
DATE: May 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Bermuda’s tourism sector is showing signs of a gradual recovery from the Covid pandemic wipeout.
Figures released by the Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA) for the first quarter of 2022 show a modest upturn in the vital economic area.
Compared with pre-...
DATE: May 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Rapid action is needed to validate the status of same-sex couples who tied the knot before the Privy Council backed the Government’s ban on marriage equality, a legal expert has said.
Peter Sanderson, a barrister with experience in several constituti...
DATE: May 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Same-sex couples who tied the knot before the Privy Council’s decision to back the Government’s ban on marriage equality are still languishing in legal limbo more than two months after the landmark ruling.
The Government has failed to clarify the pos...
DATE: May 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The Government has refused to say if it is holding talks with London over its flagship cannabis legislation after Rena Lalgie, the Governor, failed to give it Royal Assent.
Instead, Ms Lalgie reserved Assent, calling on the Progressive Labour Party g...
DATE: May 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly