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Complaints about the abuse of vulnerable older people have jumped in the past six weeks, the Department of Ageing and Disability Services said yesterday.
Kim Wilson, Minister of Health, said the increase could be because of “the stellar job that sect...
DATE: Nov 21, 2017
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Jeanne Atherden has been sworn in as Leader of the Opposition by John Rankin, the Governor, at a brief ceremony this afternoon at Government House.
Ms Atherden had been selected by the One Bermuda Alliance membership to lead the party, over former le...
DATE: Nov 21, 2017
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Jonathan Bell
A passion for the island’s hidden past has won a commendation for Bermudian student archaeologist Meshellae Payne.
Bermuda’s shoreline was once dotted with man-made fish ponds that were used for centuries as a simple larder to store fish and turtles ...
DATE: Nov 20, 2017
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An ageing well committee chaired by Government MP Derrick Burgess was announced this afternoon by David Burt, the Premier.
Comprising members of the private sector as well as the civil service, the committee is to produce is to produce a Bermudian ch...
DATE: Nov 20, 2017
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A deal to give government workers a 2.5 per cent pay rise was struck yesterday with the Bermuda Public Services Union.
The new three-year collective bargaining agreement was signed between the public sector negotiating team and the BPSU.
Lovitta Fogg...
DATE: Nov 20, 2017
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Jonathan Bell
A bid to shift the Bermuda Day holiday to the final Friday of May will go before MPs for debate today.
Grant Gibbons, the Shadow Minister of Economic Development, is scheduled to bring the report on the impact of the 35th America’s Cup by professiona...
DATE: Nov 17, 2017
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Proud parents applauded their sons and daughters at the 2017 graduation ceremony for the Care Learning Centre yesterday.
The school, which offers an alternative to traditional education, celebrated nine graduates who achieved college-level scores on ...
DATE: Nov 17, 2017
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Molly Brown, a music lover who provided a haven for local artists with her late husband, Hubert Brown, has died at the age of 86.
The couple gave Bermuda two “institutions”, former MP Dale Butler said: Hubie’s Bar, and the popular Fish Hut on Court S...
DATE: Nov 17, 2017
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Students of all ages got a salute on the steps of City Hall for their work learning the rhythms of Cuba yesterday.
Percussion professor Eddie Ming has trained 25 students of ages ranging from 5 to 82 in preparation for his second cultural and musical...
DATE: Nov 17, 2017
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Developer Michael MacLean abandoned court proceedings after he failed to win $156 million in compensation for the voiding of his development proposal for the Hamilton waterfront, Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs said yesterday.
The Bermuda ...
DATE: Nov 17, 2017
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