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A series of workshops to help women look after their finances will start on Monday.
The events are titled Straight Talk – Your Money and You and will run from 6pm until 7pm on November 16, 23 and 30.
Angela Joell, an education and investment manager ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020
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Teenagers will talk about the importance of self-worth to young women as part of a worldwide event to end domestic violence later this month.
They will take part in a panel discussion to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Agai...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020
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An Assistant Commissioner of Police today appealed road users to work with officers to make the island’s roads safer.
Martin Weekes appealed for caution after $26,000 in fines for roads offences were handed out in the space of a week.
Mr Weekes said:...
DATE: Nov 12, 2020
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The daughter of a Second World War veteran said she was “amazed” to see a photograph of him in his Royal Navy uniform published online by The Royal Gazette on Remembrance Day.
Linda Lewis contacted the Gazette after she read about her father, Donal...
DATE: Nov 12, 2020
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A free virtual lecture to discuss how people resisted enslavement will be held by the National Museum of Bermuda next week.
Kirsty Warren will present Pushing the Boundaries of Freedom on Zoom from 5.30pm on November 18.
The Bermudian academic lives ...
DATE: Nov 12, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
The traditional Remembrance Day service at the Cenotaph went ahead today – despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
The commemoration was scaled down as a precaution against the coronavirus, but the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s modern soldiers were still on parade...
DATE: Nov 11, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
A retired policeman appealed to the public on the eve of Remembrance Day to help his research into police officers who also served in the two world wars.
John Skinner wrote features published on the Bermuda Ex-police Officers Association website to ...
DATE: Nov 10, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Teachers have been invited to a professional development workshop organised by the National Museum of Bermuda.
The free session will be held on Zoom and will be linked to a lecture about resistance to enslavement.
An NMB spokeswoman said: “This works...
DATE: Nov 09, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Plans to support children, seniors and vulnerable people were outlined yesterday when the Government vowed to “drive a movement of change” for Bermuda.
John Rankin, the Governor, said that there will also be help for those leaving the public care sys...
DATE: Nov 07, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Two more passengers from a British Airways flight have tested positive for the coronavirus, the Government said today.
The new victims brought the total number of confirmed cases after the October 27 arrival from London to ten.
They were the only po...
DATE: Nov 06, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter