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As the Human Rights Commission (HRC) continues its tour of the Island, the audience at the latest roadshow was urged: make your voice heard, no matter what.
Questions regarding labour issues and sexual orientation prevailed when the HRC Roadshow met ...
DATE: Oct 21, 2011
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Personnel for a local European Space Agency (ESA) tracking station have been given the same legal immunities as diplomatic consuls, according to Government.
An ESA station is currently being set up on the Island to monitor the launch of a Soyuz rocke...
DATE: Oct 21, 2011
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Students will be called upon to imagine a sustainable future for Bermuda, in a new guidebook unveiled by Government.
Announcing the completion of ‘Sustaining Bermuda’, Environment Minister Walter Roban said the book owed its “youth appeal” to the te...
DATE: Oct 20, 2011
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Bermuda’s young people have never been more at risk and deferring the Mirrors residential programme penalises an initiative with a track record of success in turning their prospects around, according to the One Bermuda Alliance.
A shortfall in funds ...
DATE: Oct 20, 2011
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Cash-strapped Mirrors’ bosses have deferred their residential programme as they search for a less expensive venue a decision branded “catastrophic for our young people” by former assistant coordinator Tory Darrell.
Another Mirrors’ volunteer has pled...
DATE: Oct 19, 2011
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Preliminary figures from the latest Census show a tripling in the number of jobless Bermudians over the past decade, Bermuda Employers Council president Keith Jensen said.
And Bermuda Public Services Union general secretary Ed Ball warned that the n...
DATE: Oct 19, 2011
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Miss World hopeful Jana Outerbridge last night set off for her competition in London, carrying her Miss Bermuda crown, six suitcases of clothes and a custom-made runway version of the Bermuda gombey costume.
Ms Outerbridge vowed to do Bermuda proud i...
DATE: Oct 19, 2011
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Advocates for Bermuda’s elderly say the ageing of the population revealed in the latest Census has “profound implications” for Bermuda’s social assistance programmes.
The Census shows that Bermuda’s senior population has risen from 11 percent to 14 p...
DATE: Oct 19, 2011
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A beachfront residence overlooking John Smith's Bay will come up for rent after being overhauled under a Government work programme.
The spruced up Government-owned house, ‘Sea Song', was unveiled by Economy Minister Kim Wilson and Government Estates ...
DATE: Oct 18, 2011
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Politics
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More than a dozen jobs have been cut as another global hedge fund administrator downsizes in Bermuda.
Citco Fund Services in Bermuda is cutting 15 to 20 jobs in what the company said was a “reorganisation” of its Bermuda office.
Also yesterday, the B...
DATE: Oct 18, 2011
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