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The island’s tourism industry continued to struggle in the third quarter of the year, the latest visitor figures reveal.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority said there were just 30,516 leisure visitors to the island between July and September – down from 2...
DATE: Nov 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Governor, Rena Lalgie, led a delegation of dignitaries in a service of remembrance of Bermuda’s war dead at the Cenotaph yesterday.
This year’s event, held on the anniversary of the end of the First World War at 11am on November 11, 1918, took pl...
DATE: Nov 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A “major capital development” is needed to refurbish the ageing Tynes Bay incinerator, the acting public works minister said this week.
Wayne Furbert warned: “The choice is simple – we can either invest $150 million to make significant upgrades to th...
DATE: Nov 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Private sector partners could be signed up to help pay for major government projects outlined in the Throne Speech, the finance minister has said.
Curtis Dickinson added it was part of his job to help develop creative ways to fund the Government.
He ...
DATE: Nov 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More details on a plan for a new marina in St George’s are expected to be revealed in the House of Assembly tomorrow.
Wayne Furbert, the acting Minister of Public Works, will give a statement on the project, mentioned in last week’s Throne Speech.
Th...
DATE: Nov 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A pest control worker has been defended by a Government department after he was accused of killing wild birds during a feral chicken cull.
The Ministry of Home Affairs said the worker followed the rules, despite claims by a business owner that dozens...
DATE: Nov 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
No evidence that political speech would be stifled by legislation designed to replace elected officials in the municipalities with appointed quango members has been presented, the court of Appeal has been told.
Delroy Duncan, the counsel for the Atto...
DATE: Nov 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A fresh bid to save a historic primary school earmarked for closure will be mounted tomorrow.
Campaigners battling to retain West End Primary School in Sandys will stage a protest at Nellie’s Walk on Hamilton’s Church Street, close to City Hall, from...
DATE: Nov 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Photographs by Blaire Simmons
DATE: Nov 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Blaire Simmons
The gallant last stand of a Bermuda-based British armed merchant cruiser against a powerful German battleship was today remembered.
Bermuda Sea Cadets and dignitaries laid wreaths at the Albuoy’s Point memorial to HMS Jervis Bay, which was sunk as it...
DATE: Nov 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
