152710 results returned for search: "" category "News"
Legislation to move Bermuda Day to the last Friday of May has been approved by the House of Assembly.
Zane DeSilva, Minister of Social Development and Sport, said the move was intended to reduce the disruption the holiday — traditionally celebrated o...
DATE: Nov 18, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Plans to move Artemis Racing’s America’s Cup guest pavilion into Hamilton and turn it into a visitor’s information centre have been given the green light.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority’s proposal to move the building to a site on Front Street near th...
DATE: Nov 17, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
A bid to shift the Bermuda Day holiday to the final Friday of May will go before MPs for debate today.
Grant Gibbons, the Shadow Minister of Economic Development, is scheduled to bring the report on the impact of the 35th America’s Cup by professiona...
DATE: Nov 17, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Education minister Diallo Rabain yesterday hit back at the idea that Bermuda’s America’s Cup group had “gifted” nearly $150,000 of wi-fi equipment to the island’s public schools.
A legacy report from ACBDA last week said that it and the America’s Cup...
DATE: Nov 17, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
More than 700 tradesmen and women have registered for national certification.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education and Workforce Development, said a total of 713 people had signed up for the scheme.
The number includes 412 landscapers, 97 auto me...
DATE: Nov 17, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Proud parents applauded their sons and daughters at the 2017 graduation ceremony for the Care Learning Centre yesterday.
The school, which offers an alternative to traditional education, celebrated nine graduates who achieved college-level scores on ...
DATE: Nov 17, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 24-year-old drug trafficker was jailed yesterday for 11 years after trying to smuggle nearly $500,000 worth of cocaine into Bermuda.
Charmari Burns was caught red-handed with the drugs hidden in secret compartments in his luggage as he arrived at L...
DATE: Nov 17, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
Molly Brown, a music lover who provided a haven for local artists with her late husband, Hubert Brown, has died at the age of 86.
The couple gave Bermuda two “institutions”, former MP Dale Butler said: Hubie’s Bar, and the popular Fish Hut on Court S...
DATE: Nov 17, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A plan to bring the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission under ministerial control has been described as “flying in the face” of best practice and a “recipe for disaster” by overseas experts.
Industry insiders in the United States, including one who help...
DATE: Nov 17, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
ThinkMedia and Age Concern are teaming up to help boost the senior charity’s hardship fund.
For every $30 ticket for ThinkMedia’s upcoming ThinkFest booked at Age Concern’s new office in the Fort Knox building on Burnaby Street, $5 will go directly ...
DATE: Nov 17, 2017
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
