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Biometric testing for visa applications will be available for two days next month, Government House announced yesterday.
Biometric scans are needed for British visa applications.
The testing, to be done by the VFS Global Team will visit Bermuda on Ma...
DATE: Feb 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Almost 50 families in need have been hooked up to the internet for a year to help with remote learning in schools.
The scheme was organised with support from the Centennial Bermuda Foundation and TeleBermuda International’s Bluewave internet service ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The island’s cultural attractions are being highlighted in a tour by the Cabinet minister responsible for culture.
Ernest Peets, the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport, said the whistle-stop visits to notable sites were designed to highlight the im...
DATE: Feb 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A three-year action plan to bring additional protection for Bermuda’s marine environment in partnership with Britain has begun to be drafted.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, told the House of Assembly on Friday that efforts to bring the ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Staff at power company Belco donated more than 1,000 bags of food and supplies to families in need as part of a Valentine’s Day fundraiser.
Belco’s Valentine’s Day food drive saw the company’s employees spread the love by filling hampers with supplie...
DATE: Feb 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A German tall ship docked on Front Street has turned heads this week.
The Alexander Von Humboldt II, a tall ship used for sail training, arrived in Bermuda on Wednesday after it set out from the Dominican Republic earlier this month.
The ship — nickn...
DATE: Feb 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A beleaguered Premier last night appeared to get only lukewarm support from his own party in a stormy debate in the House of Assembly.
Michael Dunkley, the shadow health minister and shadow national security minister, threw down the gauntlet during t...
DATE: Feb 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A man who broke into a teenager’s bedroom and raped her is to be released from prison on Monday, the Ministry of Legal Affairs confirmed yesterday.
TeWolde Mathin Selassie, 44, was sentenced to 25 years for the 2005 assault on a 15-year-old girl.
Kat...
DATE: Feb 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
It will take years for the tourism industry to recover from impact of the Covid-19 crisis, the Bermuda Tourism Authority warned yesterday.
The warning from Charles Jeffers II, the BTA’s chief executive officer, came despite predictions from some in t...
DATE: Feb 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Younger schoolchildren will no longer have to wear masks in classes from Monday
DATE: Feb 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
