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Hospitality chiefs are backing claims that standards of service within the industry must be improved.
Hoteliers and restaurateurs have also thrown their support behind a drive to attract Bermudians into the tourism sector.
Stephen Todd, chief execut...
DATE: Aug 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Bermuda Tourism Authority is to launch a new training programme to raise standards of service and encourage Bermudians into the industry.
Tracy Berkeley, the BTA’s interim chief executive said inconsistent standards of services were “an elephant ...
DATE: Aug 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A controversial tax on products containing sugar forced almost half of respondents to reduce their consumption of sugary goods and drinks, according to an academic study.
But the levy still netted the Government millions of dollars in revenue.
The ta...
DATE: Aug 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermudian artist Gherdai Hassell has created a public sculpture commissioned by an art education project to transform how we understand the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its impact.
The World Reimagined has commissioned a series of globe structures ...
DATE: Aug 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two Bermudian students have been awarded a combined $55,000 in educational funds as part of Butterfield Bank’s annual scholarship programme.
Tahj Cox received the Sir Harry D Butterfield Undergraduate Scholarship in honour of the bank’s late chairma...
DATE: Aug 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Parents of public school students will soon be contacted about a plan to offer them funds to help with back-to-school expenses.
The proposal was originally announced last month by David Burt, the Premier, with parents or guardians to receive $150 per...
DATE: Aug 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An artist’s rendition of the rustic Bermuda he knew growing up will be on display from today.
Masterworks Museum of Bermuda announced the opening of The Place We Know, a collection of paintings by Bruce Stuart done during the 1980s and 1990s.
Mr Stua...
DATE: Aug 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Students looking to join the workforce rounded off a successful summer of work experience with a reception and networking event.
The 135 participants of the Department of Workforce Development’s 2022 Summer Employment Programme and the Summer Interns...
DATE: Aug 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Seventy per cent of young Bermudians who have completed Endeavour’s maritime career springboard programme have found jobs in the maritime industry, a recent report revealed.
Endeavour partners with the Bermuda College every year to offer this seven-w...
DATE: Aug 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Stefano Ausenda
A 97-year-old woman who taught for almost 40 years will become one of the first Bermudians to receive an honorary doctorate of education from a Seventh-day Adventist university.
Edith van Lowe, who spent most of her career teaching at the Bermuda Ins...
DATE: Aug 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson