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Entrepreneurs looking for loans could have less red tape to overcome after a partnership between the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation and the Bermuda Credit Union was announced yesterday.
David Burt, the Premier, said that the link-up would h...
DATE: Aug 07, 2020
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A mini-submarine with a camera was used in the latest searches for a missing mother, police said yesterday.
Police said that activity in and around Warwick Pond was part of the work to find Chavelle Dillon-Burgess.
It has been almost four months sinc...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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Opportunities for disabled people to sail on a specially adapted tall ship will be offered again thanks to the Bermuda Sailors’ Home.
The organisation said that a trip from Antigua on the Tenacious, which is owned by the British-based Jubilee Sailing...
DATE: Aug 05, 2020
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A fresh call for the public, businesses and the Government to back non-profit organisations was made yesterday as they battle the financial impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Bermuda Foundation warned in a report that the charitable sector was “lar...
DATE: Aug 05, 2020
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A new head of the immigration board is to be appointed after its chairwoman became a member of the Cabinet.
Renée Ming, the Progressive Labour Party MP for St George’s North and board chairwoman, took over as Minister of National Security last month ...
DATE: Aug 03, 2020
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A combination of home clear-outs and redecorations may have been a boost to a new shop set up to raise funds for charity.
Barbara Belton-Brown, a board member at Habitat for Humanity of Bermuda, which opened its ReStore last month, said that the vent...
DATE: Jul 29, 2020
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An investigation into the case of a one-year-old boy who suffered a serious head injury has been reopened by police.
The incident resulted in the government-imposed shut down of Heavenly Blessings Nursery and Preschool, but the closure order was lift...
DATE: Jul 28, 2020
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The cancellation of Cup Match could make policing the holiday period “a bit challenging”, a senior officer admitted yesterday.
But Detective Superintendent Sean Field-Lament added that a combination of units at fixed points and roaming patrols will h...
DATE: Jul 28, 2020
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A sign to mark Mary Prince Emancipation Park was unveiled in honour of the enslaved Bermudian who gained her freedom and became a hero of the abolitionist movement in Britain.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Community Affairs and Sport, said that publ...
DATE: Jul 28, 2020
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A Cup Match roadshow will be run by a supermarket chain after the cricket match was cancelled because of Covid-19 restrictions.
The MarketPlace will offer customers the chance to take part in some of the traditions associated with the Annual Classic ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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