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The keel for a replacement for the ageing Oleander cargo ship has been laid in a Chinese shipyard, it was revealed yesterday.
The major step in the construction of the new freighter for Bermuda Container Line was celebrated at the shipyard as workers...
DATE: Aug 01, 2018
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A young Bermudian victim of an early British race riot has been highlighted in a blog on the Britain’s black history.
The story of Charles Wooten was retold in the wake of controversy over the status of immigrants from the Caribbean.
Lowdru Robinson...
DATE: Jul 31, 2018
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The first round of summer interns for the Department of Workforce Development closed their work programme with a special breakfast with Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education and Workforce Development.
The programme, aimed at linking students with ...
DATE: Jul 31, 2018
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Education
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Jonathan Bell
A perception of neglect at government properties has been traced to poor funding and “a lack of human resources and strategic planning”, according to Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch.
Colonel Burch told the House that 59 vacant posts remained at the De...
DATE: Jul 25, 2018
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
More changes to the law on cannabis could be in the works, the Minister of Social Development and Sport has signalled.
Michael Weeks said that more discussions on the island’s attitude to the drug would take place — with further liberalisation of the...
DATE: Jul 25, 2018
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
Parents will be appointed for two-year terms to committees working closely with the school system.
Education minister Diallo Rabain told the House a Parental Involvement Committee had been meeting monthly with the Commissioner of Education to improve...
DATE: Jul 25, 2018
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
“Enhanced security protocols” have uncovered contraband in the island’s Corrections facilities, according to Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security.
Mr Caines added that a Corrections officer had sustained minor injuries as a result of a rec...
DATE: Jul 23, 2018
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
A commission to investigate the island’s history of “land grabs” could still take place years after it was controversially turned down.
Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs, told The Royal Gazette that a Commission of Inquiry into the issue rem...
DATE: Jul 23, 2018
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
Richard Voigt, an American businessman, jazz enthusiast and devoted visitor to the island with his wife Elizabeth, has died at the age of 82.
Lawson Mapp, the former Hamilton Mayor and a good friend of the couple, said the two had come to Bermuda “re...
DATE: Jul 23, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
Affordable housing in Bermuda will be boosted by “at least 55 additional units” as the Bermuda Housing Corporation adds to its existing inventory.
Meanwhile, the Harmony Club, which the Government purchased in 2008, is now vacated by police and is be...
DATE: Jul 23, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell