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An impromptu street performance between a Canadian visitor and a veteran local performer has sowed the seeds for a new Bermudian talent agency to promote artists and entertainers.
The Bermuda Island Agency has taken its case before the Bermuda Entert...
DATE: May 23, 2015
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The “inadvertent” naming of a person conducting a Public Access to Information query remains under investigation, but Public Works Minister Craig Cannonier has apologised to the House of Assembly, calling it “an honest mistake”.
Saying he was “incred...
DATE: May 23, 2015
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Noble Auto’s flourishing automotive training programme at CedarBridge Academy is acquiring new course offerings — plus a service to the public to pass on the knowledge.
“The first will be in early June — we’re offering it with no strings attached to ...
DATE: May 22, 2015
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The emotionally charged national debate on the legitimacy of restricted dogs such as pit bulls has been acknowledged by Jeanne Atherden, the Minister of Health, Seniors and Environment.
But the Department of Environmental Protection cannot offer to e...
DATE: May 22, 2015
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There have been no random site inspections by Immigration officers between January 1 and May 15 this year because of “limited human resources”, according to Sylvan Richards, the Junior Minister for Immigration.
Although there have been two work permi...
DATE: May 22, 2015
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A momentous anniversary for Bermuda’s chapter of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority has culminated in a gift for the community.
Members have given two new benches to the playground at Shelly Bay — the latest kind act in the sorority’s long history in Ber...
DATE: May 21, 2015
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A small park being created at the vacant lot at the corner of Court Street and Dundonald Street is off to a modest start and, according to the City of Hamilton, a patch of trees with picnic benches should be in place by July. For many years the prope...
DATE: May 21, 2015
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A “portrait of Bermuda” is being compiled by artist Paul Carter, a photographer who eschews staged or posed pictures for the unrehearsed, spur-of-the-moment reportage of the places he visits.
Here from London, Mr Carter is the artist in residence for...
DATE: May 20, 2015
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Opposition to same-sex marriages stands at 60 per cent — but voters favour granting status to holders of Permanent Resident’s Certificates if they have lived on the Island for more than 25 years.
The figures emerged from a survey by Profiles of Bermu...
DATE: May 20, 2015
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Voter confidence figures compiled by statistician Cordell Riley show residents increasingly disenchanted with the ability of either political party to manage the Island’s economy.
“It’s interesting that neither party comes out on top — the One Bermud...
DATE: May 19, 2015
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