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Zane DeSilva, the transport minister, condemned the crimes of David Minors, the former road safety officer, who was jailed for five years for sex offences against an underage child.
Minors was imprisoned for sex offences committed last year against a...
DATE: Feb 28, 2019
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The media’s role in shaping perceptions of black Bermudians is among topics for discussion at an “emancipation forum” to be held on Thursday.
The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs invited the public to attend the gathering at 6pm at the Go...
DATE: Feb 27, 2019
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A host of racial reparations have been proposed by the group Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda, which has issued its 2019 racial justice platform.
The group called for the Bermuda Government to join the reparations commission of Caricom, to “seek ...
DATE: Feb 26, 2019
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Post offices will be closed tomorrow morning from 8am to 11.30am to accommodate a meeting of all staff, a spokeswoman has advised.
Regular business is to resume at 11.30am.
The Bermuda Post Office apologised for any inconvenience.
DATE: Feb 26, 2019
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Supporters of the Bermuda End-to-End gathered with the family of the late Eugene Carmichael, one of the original organisers of the event, to commemorate a bench installed in his memory.
The bench looks out over the Great Sound from the verge of the R...
DATE: Feb 26, 2019
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Renée Webb, a former tourism minister, is to receive $156,864 annually as Bermuda’s freshly appointed representative to the European Union.
Ms Webb’s one-year appointment to the Bermuda Government’s new office in Brussels, capital of Belgium and admi...
DATE: Feb 25, 2019
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Proposed changes to the corporations for Hamilton and St George were overwhelmingly turned down in public consultation, according to the Bermuda Government’s online forum.
The site, which closed on Friday after ten days of soliciting views, logged fo...
DATE: Feb 25, 2019
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A second-hand store has reopened to help a senior and community activist pay for medical bills after he was battered and robbed.
Cleveland Simmons, 76, said: “All kinds of people and businesses have donated items to me to help me out. It has been a l...
DATE: Feb 24, 2019
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Bermudian art was given place of pride on the walls of government buildings this week, in a programme headed by the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs.
More artists have been called upon to submit their work for display. Artwork by Bermudia...
DATE: Feb 21, 2019
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A mass mailing for The Way to Happiness brochure, which raised eyebrows last year because of its links to L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of Scientology, has returned for another round.
Dee Pearson, a Bermudian, with her American husband Don, said they f...
DATE: Feb 21, 2019
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