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Government will go ahead with ending conscription despite the reservations expressed in the independent National Security and Defence Review released last month.
National Security Minister Michael Dunkley told the House of Assembly that the report co...
DATE: May 10, 2014
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Almost 200 Bermuda Regiment soldiers were in Canada this week as Exercise Maple Thunder got underway.
As part of the two-week camp, the soldiers tested their endurance with kayaking, multi-stage rock climbing and the cold weather of the Canadian Army...
DATE: May 10, 2014
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Restaurants that thwart waste disposal regulations risk losing their licence, according to Health and Environment Minister Trevor Moniz.
Government has implemented the crackdown after waves of sewage washed up on a number of south shore beaches in re...
DATE: May 10, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Assertions by the Bermuda Hospitals Board chairman regarding the investigation into their former Chief Financial Officer were inconsistent with the facts, according to Auditor General Heather Jacob Matthews.
Former CFO Delia Basden had been put on ad...
DATE: May 10, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
PRIDE Bermuda’s Promoting Alternative Thinking Strategies (PATHS) initiative has received a boost after the anti-drug group received a donation allowing them to expand the programme to Elliot Primary school.
Executive director Judith Burgess said she...
DATE: May 10, 2014
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A mini-helicopter has been helping in the search for missing tourist William Grange.
The remote-controlled aircraft has provided a bird’s-eye view over wooded areas and coastline near Cambridge Beaches resort, where Mr Grange had been staying when he...
DATE: May 09, 2014
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Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Wright has been promoted to Deputy Commissioner, effective May 12.
Governor George Fergusson commended Mr Wright for his 29 years’ service in the Bermuda Police, adding that he had been “impressed by his professiona...
DATE: May 09, 2014
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St George is slowly but surely wooing the big yachts, according to Bermuda Yacht Services founder Mark Soares, who is in discussions with the Old Town council on getting a new marina in place.
“We are just a matter of a couple of months away from a c...
DATE: May 09, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Attractions across the Island will be offering free entry tomorrow as part an initiative celebrating Heritage Month.
The Bermuda National Museum in Dockyard and Fort St Catherine’s will both be open to visitors for free between 10am and 4pm on Saturd...
DATE: May 09, 2014
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Government is working hard to get Bermudians back to work according to Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy, but more than 1,800 were unemployed or underemployed as of April 30.
Giving an update on the efforts of the Department of Workforce Development...
DATE: May 09, 2014
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