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Bermuda’s gambling watchdog has admitted he attracted global media attention when he tried to ban a game of chance called “Cow Plop Drop Bingo” in Canada.
Jean Major said the event, also called “Cow Patty Bingo”, involved a field divided into numbere...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A new agricultural produce storage centre to replace a century-old building has been proposed.
A planning application said that the proposed structure would be built next to the existing centre on Schools Drive, Devonshire, near CedarBridge Academy....
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Work to restore a wall around a historic gunpowder magazine in the East End park has started.
The St George’s Foundation announced last year that work would take place to protect the structure at Ferry Point Park, which has become increasingly vulner...
DATE: Jan 08, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Trash collectors will pick up old Christmas trees over the next two weeks.
A spokesman for the public ministry said the western parishes, west of Tee Street, Devonshire, would have discarded trees collected on January 15.
Christmas trees in areas eas...
DATE: Jan 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda’s first casino could be open for business in the summer, the gambling watchdog signalled.
Jean Major, the chief executive of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission (BCGC), said the operation was “progressing well”.
Mr Major added: “June is ent...
DATE: Jan 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Running a home to help women and their children is a dream come true for the service’s first executive director, she said.
Edonna Bean said: “This appointment is not a job for me … this is a dream coming to fruition for me.
“To be chosen to be of ser...
DATE: Jan 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The historic headquarters of the Bermuda National Trust was tented to deal with a termite infestation.
Karen Border, the BNT executive director, said the tent, put on by Bermuda Pest Control, over Waterville in Paget was expected to be completely rem...
DATE: Jan 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda will host the National Physique Committee Worldwide Pro Qualifier Caribbean Grand Prix for the second time in four years this spring.
Amateur men and women bodybuilders throughout the region will compete in various categories for nine profess...
DATE: Jan 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
An office building on Burnaby Street could have its top floors turned into a luxury apartment, according to a recent planning application.
The application proposes a change of use for the top three floors of 26 Burnaby Street – the Green Shutters bui...
DATE: Jan 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A tour operator has launched a bid to renovate a historic building that has fallen into disrepair.
Ethos Bermuda has responded to a Request for Proposal from the Government to renovate Admiralty House in Spanish Point, Pembroke.
A message on the Etho...
DATE: Jan 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan