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Friends of Hospice will hold a Memorial Moon Walk to start the new year off by remembering loved ones.
The event will take place during the full moon on Friday next week, at Chaplin Bay, Warwick.
Friends of Hospice said in a press release: “It is a g...
DATE: Jan 06, 2017
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News Staff
The Cayman Islands is the newest signatory of the Hamilton Declaration on Collaboration for the Conservation of the Sargasso Sea.
Politician Kurt Tibbett signed the document on behalf of his government on January 3, making the Cayman Islands the nint...
DATE: Jan 06, 2017
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Environment
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News Staff
The 29th annual Pals Walk will be held on Sunday, February 19, to support patient cancer care in Bermuda.
Funds will go towards medical care, equipment and supplies for cancer patients in Bermuda.
Last year’s event attracted a record 641 participants...
DATE: Jan 06, 2017
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While the eyes of the world are on the threat of disruption for the 2017 America’s Cup, the People’s Campaign activist group has charged that the Government’s response to “those who disagree with them” is also being watched.
In a statement issued thi...
DATE: Jan 06, 2017
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Politics
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“Post-truth politics” and mis- information has been given out on the island’s spending for the America’s Cup, according to Grant Gibbons, the Minister of Economic Development.
Dr Gibbons was responding yesterday to a statement from Jamahl Simmons, th...
DATE: Jan 06, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Senator Michael Fahy has hailed a 90 per cent rise in visitors to the island last November compared to the same month the previous year.
Stephen Todd, the president of the Bermuda Hotel Association, echoed the tourism minister’s sentiments, saying th...
DATE: Jan 06, 2017
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Tourism
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The decision to refuse the Reverend Nicholas Tweed’s work permit is final, Michael Dunkley said last night as he welcomed the end of three days of industrial action and unrest.
Meanwhile, Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the Minister of Home Affairs, categor...
DATE: Jan 06, 2017
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Politics
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The Bermuda Industrial Union needs to deal with “in-house” issues, president Chris Furbert conceded as he spoke at the end of a lengthy meeting yesterday.
Mr Furbert said the four-hour session at the BIU headquarters was “a much needed meeting”, tell...
DATE: Jan 06, 2017
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Jamahl Simmons has said the Progressive Labour Party will continue to support the America’s Cup to ensure that it benefits all Bermudians.
The shadow tourism minister’s afternoon statement initially distanced the Opposition from the stance taken by t...
DATE: Jan 06, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Plans to build a new St Regis hotel in St George’s — which would boost tourism and provide jobs — have been approved.
The development, which will overlook Gates Bay, will feature a 122-key resort with 97 hotel rooms and 25 suites, as well as a casino...
DATE: Jan 05, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes