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Grant Gibbons, the Minister of Economic Development, outlined plans this morning in Parliament for broadcasting and audiovisual media.
Dr Gibbons said he was in the process of evaluating policy options for the creation of “a new regulatory framework ...
DATE: May 19, 2017
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The Today Show live from Bermuda (Photographs by Akil Simmons)
DATE: May 18, 2017
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Tomasina Fountain, a trusted political reporter in Bermuda and overseas, who covered breakthrough events in local affairs, has died at the age of 88.
A veteran of British, Panamanian and Bahamian newspapers, “Tommie”, as she was fondly known, joined ...
DATE: May 18, 2017
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Safeguarding Bermuda’s vulnerable is the aim behind stringent measures for persons under care proposed by shadow health minister Kim Wilson.
Service providers and administrators would be tasked with reporting “all allegations of abuse to the minister...
DATE: May 18, 2017
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A former policeman who was awarded damages after suffering chronic kidney problems due to toxic mould at Somerset Police Station has donated $5,000 to the dialysis unit in Bermuda.
Emmerson Donald, who is currently awaiting a kidney transplant in the...
DATE: May 18, 2017
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Celebrated local chef Frederick Ming has expressed disappointment in being turned down for a vendor’s stall at the America’s Cup.
However, a spokeswoman for the ACBDA said that Mr Ming had failed to follow the “request for proposal” process in his ap...
DATE: May 18, 2017
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Chickenpox cases remain above normal levels for the time of year.
There have been 18 cases reported to the island’s Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit by doctors’ offices and labs in 2017.
A Ministry of Health spokeswoman said: “This is notably hig...
DATE: May 18, 2017
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Bermuda residents wanting to sail on a tall ship to Boston have been offered grants up to $750.
Berths are still available on some ships which are taking part in the Rendez-Vous 2017 Tall Ships Regatta, a 7,000 nautical mile Trans-Atlantic race to s...
DATE: May 18, 2017
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Hamilton Harbour, which is especially prone to congestion in the summer months, is to get a 10 knot speed limit, effective tomorrow.
The move comes with the imminent America’s Cup expected to substantially ramp up the activity on the water.
The safet...
DATE: May 18, 2017
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A former Royal Bermuda Yacht Club commodore watched his 56-foot Farr sloop sink some 200 miles south of Bermuda early yesterday morning while competing in the Antigua Bermuda Race.
But skipper Les Crane, owner of the Monterey, and his five-man crew w...
DATE: May 18, 2017
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