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Schoolchildren have learned the importance that people “who ride around on rental bikes” have on Bermuda’s economy.
Eight to ten-year-olds at Harrington Sound Primary have gone from knowing nothing to everything about tourism in just a couple of mon...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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Future seniors face abject poverty unless Santa Claus bails them out because there’s so little in Bermuda’s pensions pot, according to economist Robert Stewart.
Mr Stewart, a fierce critic of Government’s handling of pensions, says new figures reveal...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Premier Paula Cox, Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess and Economy Minister Kim Wilson are leading a delegation to Washington, DC.
Jobs, reinsurance, border control, agriculture, energy and the environment are among the issues up for discussion as Ms Cox ...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
A lone sailor determined to cross the Atlantic in a solar-powered boat is now on his way to Bermuda from the US.
Greg Frucci, a 50-year-old filmmaker, was yesterday about halfway to the Island from North Carolina. He set sail on Thursday from the por...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A concerned resident who claims he saw two men fishing near the Vixen shipwreck is calling on the public to preserve the protected area.
The man, who asked not to be named, said he was on a tour boat around 7pm when he saw locals catching fish in th...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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The jury in the long-running Emerald Capital International [ECI] theft trial is due to consider verdicts in the case today.
Financiers David and Antoinette Bolden have been on trial at Supreme Court since May 9, accused of stealing from ECI, launderi...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A community activist has organised a training workshop this week aimed at giving coaches, teachers and neighbours the tools to help people in crisis.
Gina Spence said through talks with community members she learnt many were interested in helping th...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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The tourism veteran who heads up both of Bermuda’s Fairmont hotels is leaving the Island after 13 years.
Norman Mastalir, who is well known for promoting Bermuda’s tourism industry, is heading back to Canada at the end of July. He has been transferre...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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The successes of Bermuda’s schools in establishing lifelong healthy habits in our future generations have been celebrated.
Health Minister Zane DeSilva said a lot of people went a long way to ensure schools across the Island were healthy.
He hosted t...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Police are warning residents to ignore a bogus email circulating locally which claims to be from a British financial firm.
The message contains a phony advert for a “broker in Bermuda” and offers a salary of $10,000 a month.
Bermuda Police Service’s ...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
