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An embargo has been imposed on the formation of companies involved in cryptocurrencies.
The government move was designed to allow for time to create a regulatory framework for the growing financial technology sector.
The temporary ban was welcomed ye...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Top British broadcaster Moira Stuart paid tribute to veteran journalist Ira Philip for his passion for social justice yesterday.
Ms Stuart, the granddaughter of Bermuda politician and trade unionist E.F. Gordon, issued a statement on behalf of her fa...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda is backdrop for a major American retailer’s spring fashion collection.
Now 700,000 customers will be exposed to the island’s beauty when J. McLaughlin’s latest catalogue is distributed this week.
A behind-the-scenes video of the shoot has bee...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A presentation today is designed to give tradespeople information on how to capitalise on a hotel development in the East End.
The two-hour event, run by the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation, will provide local construction workers with infor...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Canadian woman discovered a family secret about her Bermudian-born grandmother — that her family’s roots stretched back to slaves on the island.
Roslyn Macgregor, 71, said she knew her grandmother, Emily Millicent Spicer, was born in Bermuda and w...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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Six business people have been given a head start through a pilot support programme run by the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation.
Walter Roban, the Acting Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, said the Enterprise Bermuda Incubator Progr...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A halfway house for prisoners just released from jail should be reintroduced, the former head of the parole board said yesterday.
Ashfield DeVent, who was replaced as parole board chairman at the end of 2017 after six years, said that more prisoners ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police were investigating reports yesterday that women have had their drinks spiked in bars.
Now officers have appealed for public assistance after social-media postings suggested that “foreign substances” had been slipped into women’s drinks.
A spok...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tonight’s American Airlines flight from Miami to Bermuda has been delayed until tomorrow morning.
The airline’s website said flight 308, due to arrive tonight at 9.18pm, will now take off at 7.30am tomorrow and land in Bermuda at 11.09am.
Meanwhile...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A taxi driver accused of running a drug dealing business from his cab has been cleared of gun and drugs charges by a jury.
Jahdel Rogers, 37, was found not guilty of all five charges by unanimous verdict in the Supreme Court yesterday.
He was arreste...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes