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International celebrity chef Marcus Samuelsson told schoolchildren yesterday that the hospitality industry was about more than just cooking.
Mr Samuelsson told pupils at Pembroke’s Dellwood Middle School that the sector offered the chance to travel, ...
DATE: Mar 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A European Union economic commissioner was “surprised” that Bermuda was included on a list of noncooperative tax jurisdictions, the Premier said yesterday.
David Burt explained that the island was internationally recognised as having a robust reputat...
DATE: Mar 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Changes to the island’s health financing are predicted to save millions for the hospital while the Government’s mandated premiums remain unchanged, Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, announced yesterday.
The revamp entails a switch from the hospital...
DATE: Mar 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Drugs discovered hidden in a Southampton man’s luggage were worth more than $430,000, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.
A jury heard that 2,957.7 grams of MDMA — also known as ecstasy — was found in a suitcase belonging to 25-year-old Edward Jaloni ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A global human rights organisation has recommended making Bermuda’s public access to information law more robust, including by allowing some Cabinet papers to be disclosed and by lifting the “veil of secrecy over the work of the Minister of Finance”....
DATE: Mar 29, 2019
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Other
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A man who barricaded himself in an abandoned building in Pembroke was arrested after a seven-hour stand-off yesterday.
Earlier, the 69-year-old had thrown what a police spokesman described as a corrosive substance at officers attempting to convince ...
DATE: Mar 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A police officer denied a charge of sexual assault in Magistrates’ Court this morning.
The 24-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty to the offence, which allegedly took place in Pembroke on December 5.
Senior magist...
DATE: Mar 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More than 100 public school students were honoured for their leadership qualities at the second annual Youth Empowerment Summit.
Teachers, students, parents and principals of Bermuda’s public schools gathered at CedarBridge Academy for the award cere...
DATE: Mar 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Road sobriety checkpoints will operate in six parishes next weekend, police said today.
They will run from Friday, April 5, to Sunday, April 7.
Checks will be carried out in Hamilton Parish, Devonshire, Pembroke, Paget, Warwick and Southampton.
The B...
DATE: Mar 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Minister of Education, the Hon. Diallo V. Rabain, JP, MP is pleased to announce that the Ministry of Education is now accepting applications for the 2019 St. Andrews to Bermuda Scholarship.
This scholarship was made possible by the generous don...
DATE: Mar 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Press Release