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Island residents from countries battered by major storms said yesterday they continued to monitor reports from their homelands on the damage.
Typhoon Mangkhut has claimed more than 60 lives in the northern Philippines and Hurricane Florence was blame...
DATE: Sep 18, 2018
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Kind-hearted Bermudians were yesterday thanked for their support after a fundraising walk to help poverty-stricken families around the world.
Answering the Cry of the Poor International Bermuda was collecting for its international shelter and child s...
DATE: Sep 17, 2018
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Hundreds of people joined forces in a massive clean-up operation of the island’s coasts over the weekend.
Ten Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers were among the teams that took time to tackle the waste blighting the country’s shorelines. In a blitz on Sa...
DATE: Sep 17, 2018
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An artist told yesterday how she was “livid” as her project to celebrate Gombeys with a mural in Hamilton fell apart.
April Branco was close to completing her work on a wall by the City Hall car park when it was painted over.
The Corporation of Hami...
DATE: Sep 17, 2018
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A snowball stand owner called yesterday for abandoned cars to be shifted from land beside a play park so he can regenerate the area for local people.
Alfred Butterfield said he wanted to make the area next to the Pembroke playground safe for children...
DATE: Sep 15, 2018
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Traffic will be disrupted in the City of Hamilton for about two days for road resurfacing work.
The junction of Court and Angle Streets will be closed from today at 6am until the work is completed, which is expected to be by 4pm tomorrow.
Traffic hea...
DATE: Sep 13, 2018
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Sexism exists in every walk of life and must be tackled across the whole of society, not just the political arena, it was claimed yesterday.
Davida Morris, a former Progressive Labour Party senator, said it was important to tackle the problem as earl...
DATE: Sep 13, 2018
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Police vehicles were involved in a crash every two weeks on average in the first eight months of this year, the service has revealed.
Since the start of 2018, at least 17 collisions have been linked to the Bermuda Police Service fleet — an average of...
DATE: Sep 13, 2018
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An “arrogance” shown by some Members of Parliament has led to disrespectful comments about women, the Opposition leader has claimed.
Jeanne Atherden said an “overwhelming number of seats” won by the Progressive Labour Party meant some politicians fel...
DATE: Sep 13, 2018
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New rules to protect consumers from unfair debt collection practices have been welcomed, but could meet “resistance” from the industry.
Henry Tucker, a litigation attorney, applauded the objective behind the proposed Debt Collection Act 2018 and desc...
DATE: Sep 10, 2018
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