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A $5,000 scholarship is on offer to Devonshire residents.
The Devonshire Parish Council is inviting undergraduate and graduate students to apply.
Students must be Bermudian, and studying at an approved university or college, including the Bermuda Col...
DATE: Jun 13, 2013
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Government is looking at legislating the City of Hamilton’s Code of Conduct, and reinstating the municipalities’ right to collect wharfage fees, Home Affairs Minister Michael Fahy said yesterday.
In an update to the Senate on Government’s plans to re...
DATE: Jun 13, 2013
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A solo sailor stranded more than 200 miles out at sea for more than five hours was rescued by another participant in the Bermuda One-Two yacht race.
A Harbour Radio spokesman said yesterday the skipper of the 32ft sloop Solid Air ran into difficultie...
DATE: Jun 13, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Sloop Foundation is challenging students to work out when the Spirit of Bermuda will cross the finish line of the Marion-Bermuda Race.
Participants will be asked to plot the Spirit’s daily position and estimate the date and time of the ve...
DATE: Jun 13, 2013
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Some are complaining that Hamilton smells — and now the City’s bosses have decided to investigate why.
The City yesterday earmarked more than $60,000 to fund studies into its sewage system and to probe the reasons behind unpleasant odours.
The Corpor...
DATE: Jun 13, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Government crackdown on employees using public vehicles for private use resulted in an unofficial walkout by staff at the Government quarry yesterday.
According to a source at the Bailey’s Bay site, more than 100 workers began the industrial action...
DATE: Jun 13, 2013
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Sam Strangeways
Premier Craig Cannonier has taken a swipe at an international news organisation for putting out headlines that he claims ”completely misrepresented Bermuda’s position” on negotiations with London over a new tax treaty for Overseas Territories.
The Pr...
DATE: Jun 13, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
The parents of a young boy who relies on regular blood transfusions are urging residents to become donors, and possibly save a life.
Calvin Steede was diagnosed with sickle cell anaemia at birth.
The nine-year-old receives monthly blood transfusions ...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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Although the planned Indoor Outdoor Experience has been greeted with enthusiasm by parents, some residents are less than happy that they will continue to have a school on their doorstep.
A school has been located at the site on Lightbourne Road in Sm...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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Gareth Finighan
Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda (CURB) has joined the Centre for Justice in endorsing Government’s “prompt response” to their call for changes to the Human Rights Act.
The advocacy groups pointed out that one of the clauses in the new Bill would...
DATE: Jun 12, 2013
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