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A delegation from cup holders Oracle Team USA is presently in Bermuda to scrutinise the Island’s bid to host the 2017 America’s Cup, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Team Oracle USA officials travelled to Bermuda this week to meet with a team, headed up...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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Colin Thompson
Government must clarify its position on a loophole which allows many Permanent Residency Certificate (PRC) holders to apply for Bermudian status, according to PLP Senator Diallo Rabain.
The Progressive Labour Party tabled legislation aimed at closing...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A charm offensive in Europe is to be launched by Finance Minster Bob Richards.
He is to make a whistle-stop tour of Brussels, the home of the EU, Paris and London to reinforce the Island’s status as a reputable jurisdiction.
Mr Richards said he would...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Several Bermudian women moved closer to economic stability, and perhaps setting up their own business, when they graduated from the Department of Human Affairs’ first Community Driven Development (CDD) programme yesterday.
The programme has been desi...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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Premier Michael Dunkley will jump-start a weekend of Father’s Day activities.
The Premier will deliver a Father’s Day Proclamation at City Hall tomorrow, encouraging the Island’s fathers to fulfil their role. Proceedings will officially commence with...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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Islanders willing to give up their time to help youngsters improve their literacy skills are being urged to step forward.
Pleas for volunteers were made yesterday at the launch of a national campaign to promote reading and writing.
Read Write Bermu...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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Education
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A campaign to raise awareness about critical health issues is being hailed a success.
The SnapFacts initiative offers the public “bite-size” facts about everything from obesity to HIV.
The occasionally controversial campaign is the work of the Berm...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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Bermuda will mark 55 years since citizens banded together to overcome segregation in the Theatre Boycott of 1959.
And the anniversary will be celebrated, in part, with a “high-five” event.
“The ‘high-five’ idea of everyone high-fiving each other is a...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
An outbreak of a mosquito- borne virus in the Caribbean has prompted a statement from Health Minister Jeanne Atherden.
Suriname, a CARICOM state on the northern coast of South America, reported on Tuesday that it had dealt with its first recorded cas...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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Kind-hearted students, teachers and parents from Somersfield Academy are volunteering to have their heads shaved to raise money for cancer research.
A group of 14 youngsters and adults from the school will brave the razor during assembly on June 24 ...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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