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Bermuda will continue to push UK authorities for “clarity and completeness” on issues arising from passport printing, due to be taken over by the UK government in one year’s time.
Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy today updated the Senate on immigra...
DATE: Dec 04, 2013
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Senior executives deemed essential to Bermuda’s economy will become eligible for work permit exemptions starting on December 17.
Under the Incentives for Job Makers Act, key members of staff who fit the eligibility profile can also qualify for Perman...
DATE: Dec 04, 2013
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Minister of Community and Culture Wayne Scott has unveiled a new short-term employment programme which is set launch this month.
The 18-week programme will employ a total of 60 people to carry out landscaping and general maintenance around the Island...
DATE: Dec 04, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 17th century wreck painstakingly excavated from Castle Harbour will yield its secrets tonight at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
The Warwick was sent to the bottom by a hurricane in 1619 before it could reach shore.
The sail ship was ...
DATE: Dec 03, 2013
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The Corporation of Hamilton has invited a top scientist and educator from Colombia to give a series of lectures to Bermuda students.
But some councillors have questioned why the municipality is spending ratepayer dollars to fund the visit of Raul Cue...
DATE: Dec 03, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
A pair of Bermuda fish species have been recognised by the Smithsonian Institution as being unique to Bermuda’s waters.
The yellowfin chromis and the Collette’s halfbeak have been classified as endemic to Bermuda in an update to the authoritative 199...
DATE: Dec 03, 2013
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It has been described by doctors as nothing short of a miracle in progress.
A Bermudian couple have experienced the joy of seeing the first of their twin sons born three months ahead of time, while his twin is still in his mother's womb.
The rare int...
DATE: Dec 03, 2013
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New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has come under heavy fire after it was reported he was playing golf at Mid Ocean Club in Bermuda, several hours after the deadly train crash in Bronx.
The derailment on the Metro-North Railroad, which killed four peop...
DATE: Dec 03, 2013
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The Corporation of Hamilton’s top administrator could face disciplinary action after councillors moved that he be suspended.
And the municipality’s chief engineer is also the focus of an investigation into misconduct allegations after elected officia...
DATE: Dec 03, 2013
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Opposition MP Walton Brown will host a free public lecture at Bermuda Industrial Union tonight, on Bermuda’s ‘Immigration Policy and the Politics of Population Change’.
The lecture, which starts at 6pm will focus on the historical perspectives of imm...
DATE: Dec 03, 2013
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