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More than 70 students have been given a leg-up to continue their education through this year’s Government scholarships and awards scheme.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, unveiled the award winners yesterday and congratulated the winners for...
DATE: Aug 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Competitors are set to return to the beach next month as the Bermuda Sandcastle Competition returns.
Hannah Emmerson, the event organiser, said the Horseshoe Bay competition was given the green light to go ahead on September 4, with appropriate Covid...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A widow who sued a bank over the sale of a foreclosed St George’s home has had her case struck out by the Supreme Court.
Denise Trew argued that HSBC Bermuda had failed to get the best possible price for the sale of the property left to her by her ...
DATE: Aug 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A union leader has threatened the Premier with a major strike unless changes to decertification votes in workplaces are ditched.
Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, wrote to David Burt that a “two day shutdown” had been appr...
DATE: Aug 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A series of signs were erected on East Broadway yesterday morning in protest over new Covid requirements, set to come into effect later yesterday.
The signs together read: “Unite Bermuda. Do not comply. SafeKey is SlaveKey”.
Eugene Dean of the press...
DATE: Aug 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The leader of the Bermuda Industrial Union said a dispute between bus drivers and the Government has been resolved, despite the matter being sent to arbitration.
Chris Furbert, BIU president, said yesterday that the union ratified an agreement with t...
DATE: Aug 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A century-old Burnaby Street building could get a new lease on life, according to a recent planning application.
The application, submitted earlier this month, proposes restoring The Arcade with a combination of retail and residential spaces.
Acc...
DATE: Aug 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s public libraries today warned that they had suffered problems receiving calls from some customers.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Libraries and Archives said the adult and youth libraries had experienced problems with calls from One Co...
DATE: Aug 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government has been urged to take action to prevent an historical Devonshire home from falling into disrepair.
Montpelier, a listed building owned by the Bermuda Government, had been the official residence of the Deputy Governor.
But it has been ...
DATE: Aug 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Government-run programme that gave Bermudian students internships ended last week with two careers guidance webinars.
The Department of Workforce Development’s summer employment programme put 75 students in summer placements across the Government, ...
DATE: Aug 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes