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International Women’s Day will be celebrated next week.
The IWD Bermuda Committee invited participants to take pictures at the purple flower wall at Hamilton City Hall.
Purple symbolises women’s suffrage.
Guests at next Tuesday“s event will be invite...
DATE: Mar 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Convex End-to-End celebrated a return to normality at its launch for this year’s event last night.
Organisers gathered with sponsors at the Hamilton Princess Hotel to announce the 35th Annual Convex End-to-End would be held on May 7 after the eve...
DATE: Mar 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Online learning for prisoners is the end goal for a campaign to help bring books to Westgate jail, it has been revealed.
The news came as a book donation drive announced last week was backed by trades unions.
Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermu...
DATE: Mar 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermudian widow of an American civil rights activist and former pastor on the island has thrown her support behind a books for prison inmates campaign.
Helen Foster said education and self-transformation had been “everything” for her husband, the...
DATE: Mar 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
At least three classes at a private school were quarantined yesterday after a coronavirus outbreak.
A Year 3 and two Year 4 classes were ordered to isolate at Saltus and a Year 11 class was ordered to follow casual contact precautions.
Deryn Lavell, ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two teenage boys have been arrested after knives were allegedly used in a fight at a football match at the National Sports Centre at the weekend.
The 15-year-olds were arrested in connection with an incident at the Flora Duffy National Stadium in Dev...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Covid-19 cases have dropped below 200 for the first time this year, health officials revealed last night.
There are 167 active infections – the lowest number since December 18 when the island had 152 cases.
Health officials said that six people were ...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier has tested positive for the coronavirus for a second time, it was revealed last night.
The news came after David Burt cancelled a post-Budget press conference scheduled for yesterday.
It was also announced that the Chamber of Commerce’s a...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Relief for hoteliers in the new Budget delivered on Friday got high marks from the Bermuda Hotel Association.
David Burt, the Premier, vowed to extend payroll tax relief for “at least another six months” for hotels, restaurants, bars and nightclubs ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A scholarship honouring Dame Jennifer Smith, the former Premier, was unveiled yesterday at the Progressive Labour Party’s founder’s day celebration.
Dame Jennifer, the PLP’s first Premier, served from the party’s first General Election victory in 199...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell