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A group of teachers has started the school year with new multimedia skills after they completed a workshop organised by the National Museum of Bermuda.
The museum teamed up with StoryCenter, a US-based non-profit organisation, to run a six-week digit...
DATE: Sep 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Information on Covid-19 cases behind bars will not be released after several Westgate inmates missed court appearances because they were in quarantine, the Government said yesterday.
The news came after the Supreme Court heard on Tuesday that two def...
DATE: Sep 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Young people are to be brought together in an effort to combat climate change.
The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute has organised its first Youth Climate Summit, scheduled to take place online between November 22 and 27.
The BUEI said it was ...
DATE: Sep 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A drive-in dining event organised by the City of Hamilton has been postponed because of a surge in Covid-19 cases.
Jessica Astwood, the city’s director of marketing and communications, said: “While we are extremely disappointed, the health of the com...
DATE: Sep 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new post of head of cultural heritage will help boost the island’s appreciation of its past, a Bermuda National Trust spokeswoman said yesterday.
She was speaking as it was announced that Charlotte Andrews, the former executive director of the St G...
DATE: Sep 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s first Olympic gold medal winner will be welcomed back to the island on October 11 with a motorcade in her honour.
Ernest Peets, the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport, told the Senate this morning that Flora Duffy would be greeted at the ...
DATE: Sep 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislation to create an independent Human Rights Tribunal were given the green light in the senate yesterday.
The Human Rights Amendment Act 2021 is intended to give the tribunal – which hears human rights complaints – greater autonomy from the Huma...
DATE: Sep 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Requests for large group exemptions will come under greater scrutiny because of the spike in coronavirus cases, the Minister of Youth, Culture and Sport said today.
Ernest Peets added that reducing the number of gatherings would help to “contain the ...
DATE: Sep 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A civil servant rejected for the job of Director of Parks despite being strongly recommended for the post has asked the Supreme Court for compensation.
Terry Lynn Thompson said she was “universally recommended” for the post in 2018 after she had serv...
DATE: Sep 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A road safety watchdog has warned the public to use their indicators to cut down on crashes.
The Bermuda Road Safety Council said it had adopted the slogan Signal Early for September.
A spokesman for the BRSC said: “Too often while travelling on our ...
DATE: Sep 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes