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Complaints over a $5 post office fee on non-dutiable packages have been listened to by Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office.
Yesterday, Mr Furbert said he had contacted the Bermuda Post Office to request that “this fee not be charged on...
DATE: Aug 09, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Thousands of dollars worth of sand is expected to be imported to fill bunkers before the first PGA Bermuda Championship in the autumn.
A notice on the government website invited proposals for the supply and delivery of 4,000 metric tonnes of sand to ...
DATE: Aug 09, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, expressed “complete shock and disgust” after trash collection workers found human waste in garbage bags placed out for collection on Tuesday.
Colonel Burch said: “We are having increasing ...
DATE: Aug 09, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
A programme to help struggling mothers to provide for their families has been backed by a bank for three years.
The Women’s Resource Centre welcomed a $90,000 donation from HSBC Bermuda, which will also provide staff as tutors and mentors for the sch...
DATE: Aug 09, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
A group of Bermuda Scouts has travelled to the United States to take part in the organisation’s World Jamboree.
Eight Scouts, one Ranger Scout and a troop leader from the Bermuda Scouting Association joined 45,000 Scouts and 12,000 troop leaders from...
DATE: Aug 09, 2019
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Attorney-General Kathy Lynn Simmons released a ministerial advisory today on anti-money laundering and antiterrorist financing systems.
To read the statement in full, click on the PDF under “Related Media”.
DATE: Aug 09, 2019
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News Staff
The first winner of a hospitality industry scholarship renamed in memory of a man killed in a New Year’s Day boat crash was announced yesterday.
Jasmaine Adams said that she was keen to show she was the right choice for the $25,000 Bermuda Hotel Ass...
DATE: Aug 08, 2019
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The Bermuda Sailors’ Home has opened a new centre in Dockyard to cater for the crews of cruise ships.
Ilya Cherapau, manager at the Bermuda Sailors’ Home in Hamilton, said the Seafarers’ Centre was a logical move because of the distance between Docky...
DATE: Aug 08, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The widow of a computing tycoon and philanthropist has won a legal battle to allow her to buy Agar’s Island.
The Supreme Court ruled that Lillian Martin, an American, should have been granted a licence to acquire the island, where she lived with her ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two government agencies have been ordered to draw up a complete list of public grants handed to a failed sports centre.
The checks by the Ministry of Finance and the Accountant-General’s Department must include the paper trail behind a double grant m...
DATE: Aug 08, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell