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Bermuda HealthCare Services (BHCS) has given the Mirrors Programme a $10,000 boost as part of its Community Support Initiative.
Former Premier and BHCS founder Ewart Brown said: “The establishment of the Mirrors Programme in Bermuda is without a doub...
DATE: Jun 24, 2014
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A US lawyer has condemned Bermuda’s “kangaroo courts” for prosecuting cruise ship passengers caught in possession of drugs.
Maritime attorney Jim Walker has suggested that authorities here target passengers in order to make money through fines — but ...
DATE: Jun 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
British residents in Bermuda have been allowed to apply for a one-year extension on their British passports, in response to reports of a backlog at Her Majesty’s Passport Office in the UK.
Government House, which is the local contact point for the ex...
DATE: Jun 24, 2014
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Bermuda Housing Corporation is renting out rooms for as little as $650 a month to foreign employees of a private security company.
The publicly-funded quango, which has a waiting list of more than 200 Bermudians seeking affordable housing, admitted t...
DATE: Jun 24, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Bermuda Audubon Society celebrated its 60th anniversary with a dinner and special lecture by Dr Nigel Collar of BirdLife International.
He gave the broad-ranging talk that touched on the impact of birds in everything from Renaissance art to the m...
DATE: Jun 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Now in witness protection, ex-East Side Crew member testifies in murder trial
By Gareth Finighan
A former gang member has told how murder accused Rickai Dickinson “had a different aura about him” in the days following the shooting death of George Lyn...
DATE: Jun 24, 2014
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Court
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Unionised hospital staff staged an unofficial sit-in yesterday morning to protest the dismissal of a fired co-worker — but the Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) continues to uphold the man’s dismissal.
The dispute, which began a month ago, centres on a m...
DATE: Jun 24, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The City of Hamilton will again be graced with steady cruise ship activity next summer, with the several visits of a ship from the Holland America Line, the company has announced.
The cruise line issued a statement stating: “Holland America Line is r...
DATE: Jun 23, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
Premier Michael Dunkley yesterday expressed optimism over Bermuda’s chances of hosting the next instalment of the America’s Cup — the pinnacle of match race sailing.
Bermuda remains among a shortlist of bidders vying to host the 2017 America’s Cup an...
DATE: Jun 23, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
A petition calling for Somerset Long Bay in Sandys to be made into a turtle sanctuary has attracted more than 450 signatures.
Directed at the newly installed Minister for the Environment, Jeanne Atherden, the petition is now just 30 signatures short ...
DATE: Jun 23, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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