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Firefighters and emergency medical technicians feared that people could die because of a “total disregard” shown by the last Progressive Labour Party administration, it was claimed yesterday.
A source close to Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service employee...
DATE: Sep 28, 2020
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An association set up to promote the welfare of serving and former Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers has launched a scholarship fund, it was announced yesterday.
Major Preston Gill, a serving RBR officer and president of the Royal Bermuda Regiment Asso...
DATE: Aug 25, 2020
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An online consultation about race relations in Bermuda was relaunched by the Minister of Community Affairs and Sport today.
Lovitta Foggo said it was important to encourage discussion in order to bring about change.
She explained: “On June 7, I was p...
DATE: Jun 18, 2020
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A panel of experts will hold an online forum for non-Bermudian residents affected by domestic abuse this weekend.
The Foreign Women Club of Bermuda and Under Konstruction, a support agency, said they wanted people from overseas to know that they were...
DATE: Jun 12, 2020
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A controversial beauty products tycoon scheduled to take up the US Consul General’s post this summer made headlines in America after he shared “conspiracy theories and unfounded attacks” about President Donald Trump’s political opponents on Twitter.
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DATE: Jun 01, 2020
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A reward of up to $3,000 was offered yesterday for information that will help to find a missing young mother.
Crime Stoppers said that Chavelle Dillon-Burgess’s family and friends had been “torn apart over the last month” while her whereabouts were u...
DATE: May 15, 2020
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Schoolboys aged just 14 and 15 were locked up at the Co-Ed Facility as recently as this year despite laws designed to prevent the detention of children unless in exceptional circumstances.
Ian Kawaley, a former Chief Justice, ruled in 2012 that a sen...
DATE: Dec 09, 2019
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A 49-year-old mother said youngsters sent for treatment overseas returned to Bermuda “traumatised”.
She explained that two of her children spent time in US institutions when they were teenagers and her daughter claimed she was sexually abused by a co...
DATE: Dec 09, 2019
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A former attorney-general and expert in space law claimed yesterday that a comprehensive plan was needed for Bermuda to capitalise on its satellite slots.
Philip Perinchief said the country had to have a more aggressive approach to make sure the isla...
DATE: Aug 07, 2019
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Better communication among government departments, police and other agencies could help to prevent vulnerable children from “falling through the cracks”, a child protection group said yesterday.
The Coalition for the Protection of Children added that...
DATE: Jul 23, 2019
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