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Supreme Court judges yesterday led tributes to a retired senior court official who died last month.
Joann Lynch was 68.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons told Supreme Court that Ms Lynch, who worked in the courts for more than 40 years until she re...
DATE: Jun 02, 2021
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General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The staff of the US Consulate paid tribute to the late George Floyd yesterday morning with a period of silence.
The US Consulate wrote on Twitter: “For 9 minutes and 29 seconds, we stand in silence to reflect on the death of George Floyd.
“One year ...
DATE: May 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A virtual career fair to highlight maritime careers is to be held next month.
The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute event, on June 8, will give middle and secondary school pupils and college students a chance to learn more about a range of car...
DATE: May 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A section of a main commuter road will be reduced to a single lane for two months for repairs to a wall.
The Ministry of Public Works said that work on Harbour Road, Paget, near Lovers Lane, will start on June 7 and continue until August 6.
Work will...
DATE: May 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An antiracism charity today called for more consideration and consultation on racial matters after controversy broke out over a bank’s bursary programme designed to help Black children attend private schools.
A spokeswoman for Citizens Uprooting Raci...
DATE: May 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police say a men who went missing yesterday afternoon has been found.
A police spokeswoman said Ricky Raynor, 56, had been last seen at about 4pm in the area of Wadson’s Farm in Southampton.
The police thanked the public for their assistance in loc...
DATE: May 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A bank came under fire for the perpetuation of racist mechanisms yesterday after it offered several private school bursaries for Black pupils.
Social Justice Bermuda said that it supported the principle of investment in education for Black Bermudian...
DATE: May 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A charity for seniors has revamped its website to help improve access to services.
Age Concern said the redesigned ageconcern.bm was easier to use and that visitors would be able to view information and sign up for the charity’s programmes.
Callan Ba...
DATE: May 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Garden Club brought a taste of spring to Hamilton this week as part of their latest “flower flash’.
The display featured sunflowers, snapdragons and lilies at the corner of Reid and Burnaby Streets.
A spokeswoman for the club, which uses a lily a...
DATE: May 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Power has been restored to hundreds of East End residents after an outage this morning.
According to the Belco outline outage map, 932 customers were without electricity as of 10am, but by about 11am power had begun to be restored.
The outage came af...
DATE: May 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes