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Somerset Primary School has had to close early today because of faulty plumbing.
Details of the extent of any damage are not yet available, but parents are being asked to collect their children from the school as soon as possible.
An Education Minist...
DATE: Jun 13, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
Public bodies will be forced to provide full details of financial transactions under proposed new laws.
Speaking in the House of Assembly this morning, Premier Michael Dunkley said Government was “committed to keeping its financial affairs and those ...
DATE: Jun 13, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
A 19-year-old St George’s man was jailed for two-and-a-half years today for importing more than $60,000 worth of cannabis.
Bryce Daniels pleaded guilty to importing the drugs after arriving on a British Airways flight from London’s Gatwick Airport on...
DATE: Jun 13, 2014
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Islanders are being urged to be tested for HIV with free screenings being offered at the end of this month.
The initiative is to mark HIV Awareness Month, Health Minister Jeanne Atherden told the House of Assembly this morning.
The free, confidenti...
DATE: Jun 13, 2014
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A delegation from cup holders Oracle Team USA is presently in Bermuda to scrutinise the Island’s bid to host the 2017 America’s Cup, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Team Oracle USA officials travelled to Bermuda this week to meet with a team, headed up...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Government must clarify its position on a loophole which allows many Permanent Residency Certificate (PRC) holders to apply for Bermudian status, according to PLP Senator Diallo Rabain.
The Progressive Labour Party tabled legislation aimed at closing...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A charm offensive in Europe is to be launched by Finance Minster Bob Richards.
He is to make a whistle-stop tour of Brussels, the home of the EU, Paris and London to reinforce the Island’s status as a reputable jurisdiction.
Mr Richards said he would...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Several Bermudian women moved closer to economic stability, and perhaps setting up their own business, when they graduated from the Department of Human Affairs’ first Community Driven Development (CDD) programme yesterday.
The programme has been desi...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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Premier Michael Dunkley will jump-start a weekend of Father’s Day activities.
The Premier will deliver a Father’s Day Proclamation at City Hall tomorrow, encouraging the Island’s fathers to fulfil their role. Proceedings will officially commence with...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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Bermuda will mark 55 years since citizens banded together to overcome segregation in the Theatre Boycott of 1959.
And the anniversary will be celebrated, in part, with a “high-five” event.
“The ‘high-five’ idea of everyone high-fiving each other is a...
DATE: Jun 12, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell