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A group of young people took part in a cultural tour and enjoyed sweet treats as part of a new mentorship scheme.
Future Leaders Bermuda launched the programme last Saturday to help school pupils develop life skills.
A spokesman explained that the ch...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Close to $2 million was racked up in legal fees at home and overseas by the City of Hamilton as part of two court battles.
More than $1 million was spent on the City’s fight with the Government over its proposal to change both of the island’s municip...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A law designed to help children in care could be tabled in the House of Assembly this month, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors said.
Tinée Furbert said that the legislation was in its final stages of preparation.
She added that a replace...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Hundreds gathered at Shelly Bay Field on Saturday night for a sunset vigil to pay tribute to a father and former prison officer.
Ernest Peets, the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport, said that while he was saddened by the death of Daemon Bell, the ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 15-month schedule to renovate Bermuda’s biggest resort is “fairly tight, but that doesn’t mean you can’t do it”, a construction expert said of plans to reopen the Fairmont Southampton Hotel by the summer of 2023.
Construction heads shared their vie...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Unpaid taxes and Government fees were thought to total almost $198 million at the end of last year, the finance minister said.
Curtis Dickinson told the House of Assembly that the estimate was based on figures from the Office of the Tax Commissioner ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Ferry crew members have undergone special training to help make travel on the service a better experience for the disabled.
A total of 22 frontline ferry staff took part in the training, organised by the Bermuda Tourism Authority and designed to help...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Royal Bermuda Regiment’s latest soldiers today started to settle into two weeks of tough training.
The group of 16 – 14 men and two women – arrived at Warwick Camp and were issued their uniforms and kit.
They were also briefed on Covid-19 precaut...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Ministry of Public Works is on the look out for a firm to examine the condition of the Swing Bridge in St George’s.
According to a Request for Proposal issued on February 4, the Ministry wants to engage an engineering firm to conduct a “detailed ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The island’s parks are being destroyed by bike riders who cause erosion and “deep ruts” in pathways, according to a leading conservationist
David Wingate added that the needs of cyclists and pedestrians were “incompatible”, and that bikers should be...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan