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St Peter’s Church in St George will remain open as a tourist attraction after the Bermuda Tourism Authority agreed to provide the historic building with a grant.
There were concerns that the church, the oldest surviving Anglican church in continuous ...
DATE: May 20, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Bermuda’s foster parents were celebrated this weekend at a special ceremony hosted by the Department of Family and Services.
The ceremony at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess was highlighted by the presentation of long-service awards to three foster par...
DATE: May 20, 2014
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Craig Cannonier issued the following statement after his resignation this evening:
My fellow Bermudians,
Many of you have been following events for the past few months around the so-called ‘Jet Gate’ affair and consequent allegations regarding my le...
DATE: May 20, 2014
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Pre-December 2012: One Bermuda Alliance leader Craig Cannonier meets developer Nathan Landow and six other entrepreneurs in the US through an OBA political consultant and a Maryland-based lobbyist. The businessmen agree to donate $300,000 to the part...
DATE: May 20, 2014
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CedarBridge students took part in the school’s inaugural Multicultural Speech Competition as part of a series of activities organised to celebrate multiculturalism.
Students Kaz Godfrey, Daiquin Arorash, Jai Talbot, Akilah Acka, Germaine Darrell and ...
DATE: May 20, 2014
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Education
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A group of parents claim they are being prevented from having home births because of Bermuda Medical Council’s misinterpretation of a 65-year-old law.
The parents issued a press statement yesterday claiming they’d had the “rug pulled out from under t...
DATE: May 20, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
West End residents and businesses are being urged to check their CCTV footage, as the hunt for missing Canadian tourist William Grange continues.
The 67-year-old, who suffers from short term memory loss, went missing from the Cambridge Beach resort o...
DATE: May 20, 2014
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Craig Cannonier resigned as Premier last night over the political firestorm surrounding the long-running Jetgate row.
Deputy leader Michael Dunkley will be sworn in this morning as his replacement by Governor George Fergusson.
Mr Cannonier said that ...
DATE: May 20, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Craig Cannonier, sworn in as Premier on December 18, 2012, has remained in office little more than 17 months — the shortest term in Bermuda’s history.
A businessman for most of his life, Mr Cannonier was 46 when he threw his hat in the ring as a cand...
DATE: May 20, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Children as young as three are taking part in substance abuse prevention programmes.
Joanne Dean, from the Department of National Drug Control (DNDC), said the programmes started in preschool and were aimed at steering youngsters away from making the...
DATE: May 20, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
