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Immigration legislation to tackle the problems faced by mixed-status families is to be tabled in the House of Assembly today.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, will also make a ministerial statement on the subject.
The legislation was ...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Women who helped transform Bermuda are to be honoured with a tree-planting drive, part of several events in the run-up to International Women’s Day this weekend.
Women’s solidarity will be celebrated today on the steps of Hamilton City Hall from 12.1...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A life’s work behind the scenes with the troubled and marginalised was recognised at a ceremony yesterday.
Pastor Leroy Bean, the island’s gang violence reduction co-ordinator, was presented with a community impact award by Trevor Lindsay of TNN News...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
An entertainer and activist at the centre of a racism row was yesterday dropped as a performer by the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club in the wake of online posts where he called the people in charge of immigration “cockroaches”.
Tony Brannon said he h...
DATE: Mar 05, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Bermudian businesses have imposed travel restrictions as the worldwide spread of a killer strain of coronavirus continued.
A spokesman for HSBC said the bank had “restricted travel to a number of destinations until further notice” as the death toll f...
DATE: Mar 03, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
The new lead volunteer of a group fighting children’s cancer has vowed to raise $150,000 this year for life-saving research.
Cheyra Bell, who has taken over as the volunteer chairwoman of the Bermuda event organising committee at St Baldrick’s and wh...
DATE: Mar 03, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
The battle for equal marriage rights for same-sex couples will have its final day in court later this year.
The Bermuda Government, which has appealed a Court of Appeal ruling that opened the way for same-sex marriages, confirmed that its last docume...
DATE: Mar 03, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Lane closures will affect Middle Road, Devonshire from tomorrow until April 24.
Asphalt paving is set from Fort Hill to Watlington Lane from 7.30pm to 6pm, with one-way traffic to be imposed “as necessary” for incoming commuters in the mornings.
The ...
DATE: Mar 02, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A tribute to Bermuda’s musical greats will be held today on the steps of City Hall in Hamilton.
“Music Expressions” will feature artists such as June Caisey, Papa D, John Burch and Cleveland Simmons.
It includes a salute to the Bermuda Entertainment ...
DATE: Feb 29, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A student painter’s “haunting” artwork on the impact of violence has been commended by the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art.
Austin Dowling, 14, a year ten student at Saltus, said he created He Will Rescue Them after his parents told him about the a...
DATE: Feb 28, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell