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Tributes were paid last night to the late Jack Lightbourn with an informal ceremony at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
The shell collector, diver and conservationist donated a major part of his world-renowned collection to the BUEI, whe...
DATE: Nov 27, 2019
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A rallying cry went out last night from opponents of the Bermuda Health Plan 2020 to shelve the Government’s proposed reforms.
A packed house at a forum by the pressure group Patients First was urged to join a petition turning down “rushed” changes t...
DATE: Nov 27, 2019
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New virtual classes at the Bermuda College will offer skills relevant for the island’s growing fintech sector, the US-based provider said yesterday.
Global Knowledge, an international IT training firm expects to introduce further IT courses to Bermud...
DATE: Nov 26, 2019
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A once hopeless drug addict has gone full circle and is now a volunteer with the organisation that helped him turn his life around.
Max Assing, the team leader of the Salvation Army’s street ministry programme, said he also held down a job at superma...
DATE: Nov 26, 2019
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Normal trash collection schedules will restart this morning after waste management staff agreed yesterday to end a work-to-rule.
The industrial action, announced on Sunday, was called off after talks between the Bermuda Industrial Union and the Depar...
DATE: Nov 26, 2019
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A war veteran and Hamilton businessman who was also one of the island’s top dairy farmers has died.
Harry Kromer was 92.
As a manager at the WJ Boyle & Son shoe store for more than 50 years, Mr Kromer, who retired in 1999, became one of the company’s...
DATE: Nov 25, 2019
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Garbage collectors have launched a work to rule and the industrial action will hit trash pick-up schedules, a Government spokesman warned today.
The public works ministry spokesman said a meeting with staff in a bid to end the dispute was due to be h...
DATE: Nov 24, 2019
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Budget
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Jonathan Bell
A veteran counsellor warned the island yesterday not to be complacent about the risk of contracting HIV, despite a massive drop in the number of new cases.
Carolyn Armstrong, the director and founder of Support Therapy for Aids patients and their Re...
DATE: Nov 23, 2019
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Health
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Jonathan Bell
Sir Edward Zacca, a former President of the Court of Appeal, made an “unparalleled contribution to the development of law in the Overseas Territories”, the court heard yesterday.
Sir Christopher Clarke, the President of the Court of Appeal, opened tr...
DATE: Nov 23, 2019
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Former premier Ewart Brown has donated $2,000 from proceeds from his memoirs to a youth development charity.
The charity, Mirrors, was launched early in the administration of Dr Brown, who led the country from 2006 to 2010.
Dr Brown has said the Mirr...
DATE: Nov 22, 2019
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