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A spice trader who invested in an Arbitrade cryptocurrency token wrote to the Premier seeking assurances about the company’s operations in Bermuda after it “disappeared on” backers earlier this year.
Zach Bobker, a managing partner of online delivery...
DATE: May 06, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
The Salvation Army launched its annual Red Shield Appeal on Friday.
Major Sandra Stokes, divisional leader of the Salvation Army, said it was aimed to raise $500,000 to finance programmes to help those in need.
She said it was hoped that much of the ...
DATE: May 06, 2019
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An acting Registrar of Companies found “no obvious deficiencies” in a business licence application from cryptocurrency firm Arbitrade, but compliance checkers said there were problems with the company’s plan to combat money laundering and terrorist f...
DATE: May 06, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
Cryptocurrency firm Arbitrade were urged by the Bermuda Government to keep its promise to plough $1 million into fintech development, despite not having a licence to run a digital asset business on the island.
Correspondence obtained by The Royal Gaz...
DATE: May 06, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
A woman who dedicated her life after a cancer diagnosis to help others fight the disease has died.
Giovanna Watson, who was 42, died on Saturday after a more than four-year battle against colon cancer.
Patrina “Powergirl” O’Connor, a radio host and c...
DATE: May 06, 2019
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A crowd of hundreds came out for the Axa End-to-End event at the weekend.
Fewer than 100 people set out on the 40-kilometre route from St George’s to Dockyard at 7am, but the crowds swelled because of hundreds who laced up for the Middle-to-End, whic...
DATE: May 06, 2019
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A nine-year-old schoolgirl thought she could never take part in sports because of medical problems that caused near-blindness and affected her co-ordination.
Now Laila Martins, after a year of aerial yoga classes, has performed in her first dance sho...
DATE: May 06, 2019
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A two-month fishing ban is today to be enforced over an area of water off St George’s to protect a breeding ground for blue-striped grunts.
A notice in the Official Gazette said that the minister responsible for the environment was satisfied that the...
DATE: May 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A vaccine expert is to discuss the myths and realities of vaccination at a public forum next week.
Kristen Feemster, the director of research for the Vaccine Education Centre at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said she hoped her talk would h...
DATE: May 06, 2019
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More than 40 emergency workers have been trained to provide “emotional CPR” by an American expert.
Revital Goodman, a trauma specialist, said that it was vital first responders were equipped to provide early care to people who had experienced stressf...
DATE: May 06, 2019
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