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Parliamentarians paid tribute to Juthika Ramotar, daughter of well-known bus operator Peter Ramotar, who died in a single-vehicle road crash in Florida.
Kim Swan, who was elected as a United Bermuda Party MP, said he knows the Ramotar family very wel...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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A Tourism Ministry event intended to attract former College Weeks visitors back to the Island was quietly cancelled due to a lack of interest.
The 2012 College Weeks Reunion, announced by Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert last year, was hoped to attract...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Premier Paula Cox has reiterated Government’s commitment to have Public Access to Information legislation operational by the end of the year.
Work continues to be done on the PATI project, Ms Cox said.
She rejected criticism that the Cayman Islands ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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The number of workers employed in the hotel industry in the final quarter of last year increased by 112 over the same period in 2010, despite a drop in guest occupancy levels.
There were 2,581 workers employed in the hotel industry at the end of Oct...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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Tourism
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Former US Consul to Bermuda, Ludwell Ebersole Gaines Jr has died aged 84.
Mr Gaines, who was fondly known by friends and family as ‘Eb’, was appointed American Consul General by President George HW Bush and served in Bermuda from 1989 until 1992.
Si...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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Flourishing youth charity Raleigh International Bermuda has upped its number of expeditions, according to executive director Kristin White.
The group send young people overseas for character-building trips that involve taking part in community and en...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Advocates for the elderly have commended Premier Paula Cox’s decision not to make seniors pay to license larger cars.
Age Concern director Claudette Fleming said: “With respect to the Premier’s response of fine-tuning the original conditions outlined...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
College Weeks exceeded expectations according to the Tourism Department about 250 visitors were drawn by the event’s relaunch.
Tourism Minister Wayne Furbert had earlier expressed hope that as many as 200 students from universities and colleges in No...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
And based on the number of late applications to the Ministry, Victor Scott Primary School may also have a second entry class in September.
Dame Jennifer noted that birth data for the year 2007, the year students entering primary school this September...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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Education
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One Bermuda Alliance MP Cole Simons presented a petition against licensing foreign fishing vessels to the House of Assembly yesterday, but Environment Minister Marc Bean charged that the petition was based on a “false premise.”
The document by Peter ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2012
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Politics
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