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A family upholstery business that operated for 40 years has closed after its owner’s death.
Najiyyah Shamsid-Deen ran Creative Upholstery on Middle Road in Warwick after she started the business in her home.
Shahidah Shamsid-Deen, her daughter, said ...
DATE: Apr 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The group Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda has appointed Stacey-Lee Williams as its first full-time and permanent executive director.
The antiracism charity said Ms Williams came to the role with more than two decades’ service in education and di...
DATE: Apr 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Community and sports clubs have been awarded $175,000 from the Government's confiscated assets and capital development grant programme.
Cheques were presented by David Burt, the Premier and finance minister, to clubs to upgrade facilities, buy new eq...
DATE: Apr 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Pictures and stories about people and everyday life in Bermuda are being hunted by the National Museum of Bermuda.
The community crowd sourcing project was designed to amass old family photographs and their associated stories to become part of the NM...
DATE: Apr 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Electricity bills will go up on Friday after a rate increase for the island’s power provider was approved.
The Regulatory Authority, which oversees energy and telecommunications in Bermuda, has given Belco the green light for a hike of about 11.4 per...
DATE: Mar 31, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police have identified an 89-year-old Devonshire resident who died in a house fire on Thursday.
A police spokesman said James H Brown died after sustaining serious injuries in a fire at his Devon Spring Lane home at 5.30pm.
Mr Brown was pronounced de...
DATE: Mar 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island should brace for increases in the price of electricity, fuel and imported goods because of Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, a government MP has warned.
Christopher Famous, a Progressive Labour Party backbencher, said the war, no...
DATE: Mar 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Big-hearted athletes who pitched in for the Bermuda SPCA were joined at their cheque presentation by a young dog in need of a home.
Women of the Docksider Netball Team gathered outside the Hamilton pub to meet Spice, a four-year-old Staffordshire bul...
DATE: Mar 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Professional social workers have been invited to a course exploring the impact of race on inequality.
The seven weekly classes starting next month can accommodate up to 12 professionals in the field.
It marks a continuing collaboration between the In...
DATE: Mar 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tributes have been paid to Darius Tucker, a former politician who was found dead in St David’s.
Police divers discovered a body in Mr Tucker’s company van, which was submerged in the water off Marginal Wharf. Mr Tucker had been missing since Sunday e...
DATE: Mar 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan