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Twenty-five professionals involved in facilities management are winding up special three-day training to hone their skills as part of the Facility Management Professional designation.
Facility managers are responsible for large properties and plants...
DATE: Jun 04, 2014
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
A group of Cornell University graduates plan to spend the next week in Bermuda touring the Island on paddleboards and sleeping under the stars.
It all sounds very idyllic, but the group, known as Plastic Tides, has a serious purpose — to study plast...
DATE: Jun 04, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
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Eleven young Bermudians are looking forward to a career in the hospitality industry after completing a hotel training course through the Bermuda Hospitality Institute.
The students are to begin a work experience programme at a number of Isla...
DATE: Jun 03, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
In a world where young people can sometimes feel they don’t have a voice, a new film festival is looking to provide local teens with a platform to get their views and opinions heard loud and clear.
Bermuda National Gallery’s Youth Council will be ho...
DATE: Jun 02, 2014
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Government has no plans to legalise marijuana, claiming that “it is wrong to yield to a more permissive attitude socially without due regard to the social, economic and health consequences”.
But under planned reforms of cannabis laws, police could be...
DATE: May 31, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A debate on reforming cannabis laws dominated proceedings in the House of Assembly.
Premier Michael Dunkley launched an eight-hour discussion by stating: “The debate is one that joins Bermuda with many other countries who have wrestled with the issue...
DATE: May 31, 2014
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Kickboxers are usually known as tough guys who do not pull their punches.
But members of the Bermuda Sanshou Association, in conjunction with All 4 Fun, the party rental company, have shown their softer side by donating money to the family of Devrae ...
DATE: May 30, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Reform of Bermuda’s laws on cannabis will today be debated in the House of Assembly.
Government Whip Cole Simons said: “I think it will be a long debate because it’s a topical issue and, as we look at other jurisdictions, they are certainly examining...
DATE: May 30, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Association of Bermuda International Companies (ABIC) celebrated the success of its 35-plus year scholarship programme by highlighting some of its past awardees.
Ace Bermuda CEO Rees Fletcher, a 1980s scholar said: “As a past recipient of an ABIC...
DATE: May 30, 2014
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On the eve of one of the world’s largest gatherings of captive insurance professionals — the Bermuda Captive Conference (BCC) — organisers have been dealt a huge bonus. The Conference begins on Monday at the Fairmont Southampton Resort.
The anticipat...
DATE: May 30, 2014
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AUTHOR:
David Fox, Business Editor
