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An annual children’s nature walk inside the island’s biggest nature preserve has a new corporate partner.
In a release issued Sunday, the Bermuda National Trust said that Arch Capital Group would now be sponsoring the annual Children’s Nature Walk e...
DATE: Feb 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A Bermudian student hopes the lessons he is learning studying abroad will mean a more sustainable future for the island when he arrives back home.
Harry Masters, 26, who is a member of the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce management t...
DATE: Feb 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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People must now sign their passports after they are issued, Patricia Gordon-Pamplin has announced.
The “Sign After Receipt” system should eventually eliminate the need for passport customers to send their paper forms and printed photographs in suppor...
DATE: Feb 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermuda has asked to be part of an international agreement fighting discrimination against women — but has kept the door open for exemptions on women priests and female conscription.
The Bermuda Government has signed up to the Convention on the Elimi...
DATE: Feb 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Health Council has launched a video explaining the importance of patient safety.
It coincides with the Patient Safety Laws, which will be debated in the House of Assembly this Friday.
Tawanna Wedderburn, CEO, said: “Bermuda has a phenomenal oppo...
DATE: Feb 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Local author Giovanna Watson has presented copies of her book Dear Cancer, Let Me Introduce Myself to the Legal Deposit Collection of the Bermuda National Library.
Accepting on behalf of the library was Director of the Library, Joanne Brangman.
Ms Wa...
DATE: Feb 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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The probability of foreign ships illegally fishing in local waters is low, Minister of the Environment Cole Simons has told the House of Assembly.
Mr Simons said a final report he received from Catapult Satellite Applications showed that, after monit...
DATE: Feb 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Bermuda Government’s Early Childhood Education Inquiry will ultimately give young schoolchildren “the critical skills necessary to effectively compete in the global economy,” according to Patricia Gordon-Pamplin.
The home affairs minister told MP...
DATE: Feb 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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The Harbour Nights street festival, featuring artisans, crafters, chefs, musicians, entertainers and Gombeys will start on May 3 and run until August 30.
It is the island’s longest running street festival and is organised by the Bermuda Chamber of Co...
DATE: Feb 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Warwick man this morning admitted multiple charges in connection to a police chase which took place yesterday.
Stevon Lightbourne, 28, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to charges of assaulting police, dangerous driving, speeding, driving in a d...
DATE: Feb 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes