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The Ministry of National Security is advising that it has amended the dates for the Live. Love. Life. Anti-Violence Art Exhibition, which will be now held from February 26 - March 4, 2020.
The Ministry is also extending the deadline for submissions ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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Press Release
An organisation dedicated to science education has become Bermuda’s newest charity.
Carika Weldon, founder and executive director of the Bermuda Principles Foundation, said charitable status would help the organisation broaden its impact.
Dr Weldon, ...
DATE: Feb 03, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A circus designed to combine the drama of theatre with the thrills of the big top is coming to town this weekend.
Massamiliano Rossetti, the director and a performer with the Lost in Translation Circus, is looking forward to seeing how the island rea...
DATE: Feb 01, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Somers Day is to be renamed Mary Prince Day after a once enslaved Bermudian who became a hero of the abolitionist movement in Britain.
The legislation, which was tabled yesterday, will also move the Bermuda Day holiday from the last Friday in May to ...
DATE: Feb 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The St George’s Club shut its doors yesterday after a quarter of a century in business.
Sally-Anne Kyle, the president and chief executive of the club on Rose Hill Street in the Olde Towne, said yesterday that staff at the hotel had been made redunda...
DATE: Feb 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Pest problems could lead to a shortage of bananas in the next few weeks.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said yesterday that officials had worked with importers to tackle pest contaminations — and the
expensive ...
DATE: Feb 01, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A US boatyard has dropped its legal action against the charity that runs the sail training ship Spirit of Bermuda.
The Bermuda Sloop Foundation said it paid almost $45,000 to Rockport Marine “under duress” days after the lawsuit was launched last Oct...
DATE: Feb 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A flight from St Maarten to Montreal made an emergency landing in Bermuda after a medical crisis.
A Skyport spokeswoman said the Sunwing flight diverted to Bermuda because a 64-year-old man needed medical attention.
The spokeswoman said the aircraft ...
DATE: Feb 01, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who admitted stealing a $90,000 boat was shown leniency in Magistrates’ Court.
Wendelle Lightbourne, 29, was given a three-year conditional discharge — the maximum length — on the condition that he pay more than $14,000 in compensation.
Lightbo...
DATE: Feb 01, 2020
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Court
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A group designed to boost business development was announced in the House of Assembly yesterday.
David Burt, the Premier, told MPs that Cabinet has approved the creation of an Economic Development Department.
Mr Burt said: “Bermuda is at an economic ...
DATE: Feb 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell