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A dispute over a decision by the Hamilton Princess to cancel a venue for same-sex marriage opponents has flared up once again.
The hotel maintained that the original reservation had been made under an alternate name, and it later broke off the agreem...
DATE: Jan 19, 2016
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The Island has far to go when it comes to the stigma associated with seeking counselling, according to the Women’s Resource Centre.
“Speak to somebody, let someone know if there’s anything going on,” said Patrice Frith Hayward, the executive director...
DATE: Jan 18, 2016
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Local diners marked the end of an era with the closing of Dorothy’s, a well-loved café tucked away in Chancery Lane.
Its hamburgers were the stuff of legend, and the atmosphere everything guests could expect of a family business run for 40 years.
For...
DATE: Jan 16, 2016
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A move by the Bermuda Government to block unions from staging walkouts has been turned down by the courts.
However, the mass walkout in January last year over the explosive issue of continued furlough days in the public sector has been branded “unla...
DATE: Jan 16, 2016
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Budget
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Jonathan Bell
Martin Luther King, Jr, the American Civil Rights leader who was assassinated in 1968, would have turned 87 today.
Dr King’s work extended far beyond battling segregation: he campaigned for economic empowerment and the betterment of inner-city commun...
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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The Bermuda Government’s hiring freeze is hurting the postal service, according to the Bermuda Industrial Union.
Chris Furbert, the president of the BIU, said the service had lost 25 per cent of its staff in the past four years. There were 84 members...
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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Budget
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Jonathan Bell
The Island’s courts have refused to grant a permanent injunction against walkouts by members of the Bermuda Trade Union Congress.
However, unions acted unlawfully in a mass walkout a year ago during a standoff with the Bermuda Government.
According t...
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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Budget
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Jonathan Bell
Stances on same-sex marriage were among the tough questions fielded by the two candidates for Devonshire North Central as they faced the area’s seniors.
Diallo Rabain of the Progressive Labour Party and Andrew Simons contrasted notably on this and ot...
DATE: Jan 14, 2016
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
A five-year plan for reforming Bermuda’s healthcare is to be presented tomorrow at a health symposium.
Jeanne Atherden, the Minister of Health, Seniors and Environment, said the Bermuda Health Strategy lays out 14 goals to be achieved by 2019.
“Movin...
DATE: Jan 14, 2016
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Health
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Jonathan Bell
A funeral service is to be held tomorrow for Andrea Burgess, a mother of three who had found a new life abroad after years of tragedy.
Ms Burgess, who died suddenly from a brain haemorrhage on January 4 at the age of 55, had been visiting Bermuda fro...
DATE: Jan 13, 2016
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