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A transitional housing programme has been given internet, TV and phone services by an island company.
Staff from Digicel also pitched in to put fresh paint on the Transformational Living Centre for Families, where construction is expected to finish i...
DATE: Mar 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A digital dollar can be used to buy rum on the island in a pilot project that could be expanded to include other companies.
Gosling’s is working with Bidali, a Canadian fintech company, with support from the Bermuda Government’s fintech office and Pe...
DATE: Feb 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More knowledge about dementia could help stop people “suffering in silence”, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors has said.
Tinee Furbert appealed to members of the public after the launch of a campaign to boost support for people affected ...
DATE: Feb 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda has “tremendous opportunities” to take action on climate change, the Governor has said.
Rena Lalgie added that younger generations will look for answers from their elders about what was done to address the global problem.
Since her arrival tw...
DATE: Feb 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Three people were inducted into the Company of Honorary Fellows of Bermuda College last night.
Craig Bridgewater, Janet Ferguson and the family of the late Eva Hodgson, received distinctive stoles – or sashes – and certificates in live-streamed cerem...
DATE: Feb 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Three people from Bermuda will take part in a 24-hour global event to deliver presentations on their passions.
Cushi Ming, Sara Westhead and Ashley Aitken will represent the island in the International PechaKucha Day 2021 tomorrow.
It will be the 30t...
DATE: Feb 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Child and family welfare campaigners raised concerns yesterday about cannabis laws that are to be debated in the House of Assembly today.
They feared that giving the green light to growing and selling the drug would send the wrong message to young pe...
DATE: Feb 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Rena Lalgie made history two months ago when she became Bermuda’s first female and first Black Governor. This week, she sat down with The Royal Gazette to share some of her initial impressions on taking up the appointment and the island.
One cor...
DATE: Feb 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Sacking workers who choose not to be vaccinated against Covid-19 would breach employment law, the Ministry of Labour warned yesterday.
A spokesman added that staff who do not get the jab would still be entitled to sick leave if they tested positive f...
DATE: Feb 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A charity leader will retire this year after more than three decades in the public and charity sectors, it was announced today.
Elaine Butterfield, the executive director of the Women’s Resource Centre, is to step down in the summer.
She said: “I am ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter