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Senators approved a law to cut liquor licence fees during yesterday’s session of the Upper House.
The Liquor Licence (Fee Reduction) Temporary Amendment Act was rushed through the House of Assembly on Friday in a bid to give the hospitality sector a...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A temporary cut in the cost of liquor licences for bars and restaurants was toasted by the trade yesterday.
Karl Massam, the general manager of restaurant group Yellowfin and chairman of the restaurant division of the Chamber of Commerce, said the 50...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A battery of scientific instruments in a special pod which was lost at sea for two years has been turned over to their owners after it washed up in Bermuda.
The 800lb pod, designed to measure ocean conditions, drifted hundreds of miles from just off ...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A fundraiser started in memory of a teenage boy who died in a road accident has raised three quarters of its $10,000 goal.
Antoinette Burgess, who started the Kijani Burgess Dream Award in honour of her late son, said that about $3,235 of the cash w...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Contractors for a new $30 million water system for the East End — under way since last February and expected to finish by the end of this year — were announced yesterday morning.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said mult...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A woman who was involved in a head-on collision while over the legal drink drive limit was yesterday banned from the roads for 18 months.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Zyanne Lema, 21, left the Rum Bum Beach Bar at Horseshoe Bay, Southampton, on a mo...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A former cycle livery in Southampton could be changed into a pharmacy with a deli, according to a planning application submitted this week.
The proposal from the Bermuda Pharmacy Group, which operates the Par la Ville Pharmacy and two other pharmacie...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The public is invited to reflect on race and privilege as part of a ’Peaceful Art Protest’ in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.
The Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art is inviting members of the community to celebrate the anniversary of the ...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A ramp made of Bermuda cedar has been installed at a historic church to make life easier for disabled people.
The Friends of St Peter’s Church, in St George, said the ramp to the vestry was opened last Sunday.
A spokeswoman added: “The ramp was a pro...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s first online conference on culture and heritage remains open for registration.
The summit this Sunday, to be aired live on Zoom at 11am, will launch Bermuda’s National Cultural Heritage Policy.
Speakers for the Bermuda Cultural Stakeholder...
DATE: May 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell