155056 results returned for search: "" category "News"
A funeral service is to be held tomorrow for Andrea Burgess, a mother of three who had found a new life abroad after years of tragedy.
Ms Burgess, who died suddenly from a brain haemorrhage on January 4 at the age of 55, had been visiting Bermuda fro...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A ten-year-old girl has decided to give all her birthday money away to charity for the second year in a row.
Warwick Academy student Rachael Betschart set an example for us all by donating $650 to the Coalition for the Protection of Children’s Breakf...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Political parties would have to disclose who funds their election campaigns under new legislation proposed by Marc Bean yesterday.
The Opposition leader called a press conference to push for a new good governance law to outlaw corruption and shine a ...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Animal advocacy group Punish the Deed has renewed its call for a dog amnesty after helping to arrange for the export of two seized dogs from Bermuda.
Both pets, which would have faced euthanasia had they remained on the Island, were flown to a tempor...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
Bermudians are not getting value for money when it comes to healthcare, according to Tawanna Wedderburn.
Addressing Hamilton Rotary’s weekly meeting, the chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council gave a presentation illustrating the Island’s annu...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
A firm has threatened to start selling off Corporation of Hamilton land if it does not receive the $18 million it is owed over the failed Par-la-Ville hotel project by the end of Friday.
Mexico Infrastructure Finance’s legal team has told the corpora...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
|
CATEGORY:
Politics
|
Minister of Education Wayne Scott has received the final report of the SCORE Advisory Committee on school reorganisation.
The report was commissioned to examine school consolidation or closure, improve the quality and consistency of primary school pr...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
|
CATEGORY:
Education
|
AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
John Prato, the Canadian Consul General in New York, has arrived in Bermuda for a short visit.
Mr Prato called at the Cabinet Office to meet with Michael Dunkley, the Premier, and Bob Richards, the Deputy Premier, as well as other officials from the ...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
|
CATEGORY:
Other
|
A Pembroke couple were fined in Magistrates’ Court for owning a pair of illegal pitbulls involved in an attack on a young boy.
Kirk and Terry-Lynn Wade, both 52, pleaded guilty to two counts of owning unlicensed pitbulls.
The court heard that at abo...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Almost 50 restaurants are set to take part in the fifth annual Bermuda Restaurant Weeks event.
According to the Bermuda Tourism Authority, 45 venues — the most ever involved — will offer three-course meals at reduced prices.
The initiative, which run...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
|
CATEGORY:
Tourism
|
AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes