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Bermudians like to honour distinguished locals — but Beyoncé?
You might do a double-take at the new walkway at the National Sports Centre, and ask how it links us to the US superstar.
According to Facility Manager Trevor Madeiros, the sign, put up la...
DATE: Feb 28, 2013
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Financial aid to be ‘adjusted’ to cope with demand
By Owain Johnston-Barnes
The number of Bermudians on financial assistance has increased by around 400 in just over a year.
Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs Wayne Scott revealed yesterday th...
DATE: Feb 28, 2013
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Bermuda’s Aquarium is to get a new roof, Environment and Planning Minister Sylvan Richards announced.
The job has been budgeted at $2.2 million.
“The main building at the complex is rather old, and it is important that we take steps now to secure the...
DATE: Feb 28, 2013
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Bermuda’s regulations must be streamlined in the face of dwindling prospects for the Island’s construction industry.
Construction Association head Charles Dunstan said members were concerned one of the local companies might go under once the big proj...
DATE: Feb 28, 2013
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The Bermuda National Association of Social Workers (BNASW) will launch a new scholarship fund on Friday, in memory of the late Ida James in recognition of Social Work Month.
Described as one of the pioneers in the field in Bermuda, Ms James also earn...
DATE: Feb 28, 2013
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Mihdi Brock, the Bermudian boy who has defied the odds by surviving almost 16 years with a rare, life threatening spinal condition is out of the woods but his mother faces a difficult decision about whether he should now undergo spinal fusion surgery...
DATE: Feb 27, 2013
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After almost a decade in storage, a painting depicting life in Bermuda in the 1930s was carried through St George’s on its way to being restored.
‘Building a Bermuda Cottage’, by Emile Antione Verpilleux, is set to be publicly restored at the World H...
DATE: Feb 27, 2013
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The public should see the results of an inquiry into the management of Bermuda Hospitals Board next month.
The “clinical and corporate governance” probe was launched in July, after the board suspended on full pay its head doctor, Donald Thomas III, f...
DATE: Feb 27, 2013
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The Family Centre is to hold a fundraiser in an effort to keep its services running.
The event will be held on March 9 at the Fourways Inn, Paget.
A spokeswoman said the charity had come “dangerously close” to shutting down some of its services due t...
DATE: Feb 27, 2013
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A Smith’s man yesterday denied growing cannabis plants discovered by Police last year.
Makki Talbot Foote, 27, pleaded not guilty to the offence and also to charges that he was in possession of cannabis and drug equipment on October 27.
The court hea...
DATE: Feb 27, 2013
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