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Government has missed its self-imposed deadline to establish a Tourism Authority which it maintains is critical to rescuing the troubled industry.
But Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell says much progress has been made and he intends to table legislati...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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An amendment prohibiting same sex marriage could be proposed in the House of Assembly when legislators debate changes to the Human Rights Act.
Opposition MP Wayne Furbert told The Royal Gazette that he is concerned that a proposed bill which would pr...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A Smith’s man was yesterday given a conditional discharge after he admitted threatening a bar manager in front of police.
Kijuan Franks, 32, pleaded guilty to uttering threatening words to Shawn Smith in Devonshire on Saturday.
The court heard that a...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Men are often reluctant to go to the doctor for fear of hearing bad news or looking weak but they need to “know their numbers” when it comes to health, a meeting heard yesterday.
Rhonda Smith-Simmons, education officer for Bermuda Cancer and Health C...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Although the planned Indoor Outdoor Experience has been greeted with enthusiasm by parents, some residents are less than happy that they will continue to have a school on their doorstep.
A school has been located at the site on Lightbourne Road in Sm...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Tourism chiefs are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past unless they change their mindsets and place the industry on a new footing, according to critics.
Independent MP Terry Lister and former Shadow Tourism Minister Kim Swan spoke out after Gove...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A new preschool plans to broaden the horizons of its students when it opens in September — by holding lessons in the great outdoors.
Instead of stuffy classrooms and blank walls, youngsters attending the Building Blocks Indoor and Outdoor Experience ...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB) has joined the Centre for Justice in endorsing Government’s “prompt response” to their call for changes to the Human Rights Act.
The advocacy groups pointed out that one of the clauses in the new Bill would...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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Other
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The controversy surrounding a jet flight for the Premier and two Cabinet Ministers paid for by a private party is a non-issue, according to members of the public.
In recent weeks the Opposition has roundly criticised Premier Craig Cannonier, Tourism ...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Blood Donor Centre has launched a Summer Blood Drive to boost the hospital’s life-saving blood supplies.
Less than two percent of Bermuda’s eligible population, or about 1,100 people, donate blood, and the number of young people who are d...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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