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Swiss tall ship Salomon is doing more than visiting the Island — it’s providing a unique opportunity for at-risk youth.
Jonathan Reist, managing director of Foundation Youth Ships Switzerland, said that for the past nine years the ship has taken on y...
DATE: Apr 29, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Senator Michael Fahy moved to quiet the growing unease surrounding the Par-la-Ville car park fiasco with the release of a seven-page statement yesterday that laid bare the details of an $18 million loan deal gone bad.
The Minister of Home Affairs, wh...
DATE: Apr 29, 2015
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Rebecca Zuill
More than 150 people gathered as the sun rose on South Shore on Saturday to mark the centenary of Anzac Day.
In a service replicated throughout the world, Australians and New Zealanders joined a host of dignitaries to remember the sacrifice made by t...
DATE: Apr 29, 2015
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A man whose godson has was airlifted to Lahey Clinic in Boston last week after suffering neck injuries from a fall, is to donate proceeds from an event he is organising to help the family with medical expenses.
David Tucker, a mixologist at the Fair...
DATE: Apr 29, 2015
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Sarah Lagan
“Your wallet is likely to take a small hit this year and next — but it could see some improvement by 2017.”
Even so, the Island stands to lose hundreds more jobs this year.
Offering the “brutal facts” from the 2015-16 Budget — plus some tentative pro...
DATE: Apr 29, 2015
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Jonathan Bell
An international Bermudian charity is seeking emergency financial donations for two Nepalese organisations.
KATKiDS is attempting to raise funds for the charities Asha Nepal and Gentle Rain Nepal, which require urgent assistance after a 7.8 magnitude...
DATE: Apr 29, 2015
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The Public Accounts Committee is set to hold a public hearing tomorrow on the Port Royal Golf Course project.
The project ran up a bill of more than $24 million between 2007 and 2011, despite initially being budgeted at $4.5 million.
During tomorrow’...
DATE: Apr 29, 2015
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Bermuda’s Standard & Poor’s downgrade “should come as no surprise” to Finance Minister Bob Richards, Shadow Finance Minister David Burt said this afternoon.
In a press release, he stated: “Over the last 30 months he has been warned by the Progressive...
DATE: Apr 29, 2015
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The following bus cancellations have been announced for this afternoon by the Department of Public Transportation:
No 5, Hamilton to Pond Hill: 3:50pm;
No 5, Pond Hill to Hamilton: 4:00pm;
No 7, Hamilton to Dockyard: 4:20pm.
DATE: Apr 29, 2015
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Almost half a century after they first met in Bermuda, Florida couple Charles and Faine Smith still find the Island a “magical, enticing place”.
The couple, who have been married for almost 47 years, returned to the Island to celebrate her birthday a...
DATE: Apr 28, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
