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Stranded sailors who lost everything when their ship went up in flames have thanked the Bermuda Government and community for their hospitality.
Captain Zi You Wong and his 18 crew members, one of whom has since died, were rescued in the early hours ...
DATE: Jun 28, 2016
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Other
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Low turnout at last week’s referendum shows that Bermudians have deeper worries than same-sex unions, according to the LGBTQ group OUTBermuda.
While voters turned down both same-sex marriage and civil unions, too few showed at the polls for the refer...
DATE: Jun 28, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The latest school year has come to a close with nearly 50,000 breakfasts given to public school students by the Coalition for the Protection of Children.
It marks the agency’s ninth year running its breakfast programme — and, appropriately enough, a ...
DATE: Jun 28, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Educational programmes designed to steer schoolchildren away from the perils of gangs could be expanded further in Bermuda, according to Jeff Baron, the Minister of National Security.
The GREAT initiative has already helped more than 600 children fro...
DATE: Jun 28, 2016
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Politics
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Legislation paving the way for the creation of a Civil Aviation Authority and a Bermuda Shipping and Maritime Authority was passed by MPs on Friday afternoon.
The Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority Act 2016 provides the new CAA with quango status in a ...
DATE: Jun 28, 2016
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Politics
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The Bermuda Tourism Authority issued a progress report on its corporate objectives after Parliament’s discussion of its incentive programme.
Kenneth Bascome, Junior Minister of Tourism, informed legislators during Friday’s session that every member o...
DATE: Jun 28, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
All four of Warwick Academy’s BTEC sixth-form students have graduated with distinction grades, the high school has announced.
The qualification — provided by the Business and Technology Education Council — is a vocational pathway which Warwick Acade...
DATE: Jun 28, 2016
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A book-keeper who admitted stealing more than $200,000 from her employer to help fund her gambling addiction was jailed this morning.
Devore Brangman, 54, pleaded guilty to a charge of stealing $157,755.67 from Bermuda Oral Surgery Centre over a four...
DATE: Jun 28, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government is stepping up its efforts to stop the Zika virus entering the island.
While Bermuda is considered Zika-free — at least no cases have reported — the Department of Health’s Vector Control team is piloting a new In2Care Mosquito Trap scheme....
DATE: Jun 28, 2016
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Other
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The Government’s disputed airport redevelopment contract is to be investigated by a Commission of Inquiry along with contentious projects of the past — such as Bermuda Emissions Control and GlobalHue.
That independent body, which held its first publi...
DATE: Jun 28, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell