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Bermuda’s first Olympic gold medal winner said it felt “surreal and special” to be made a Dame in the latest New Year’s Honours.
Flora Duffy, OBE, said she was surprised to be told that she would be recognised as Dame Commander of the British Empire ...
DATE: Jan 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two Bermudians last night described receiving New Year’s Honours as “humbling“ and ”astonishing“.
Owen Ellsworth Simons was honoured with a Queen’s Certificate and Badge of Honour for services to music education on the island.
Erica Smith, the execut...
DATE: Jan 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two charities have been given a holiday boost from the International Women’s Club.
The IWC donated $9,000 to the Women’s Resource Centre to support its Transformational Living Centre’s education and life skills programme.
The soon-to-be-opened TLC o...
DATE: Dec 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Former Berkeley Institute student Terry-Lynn Griffiths celebrated becoming the latest member of the Bermuda Bar in a ceremony in the Supreme Court.
Ms Griffiths said she felt humbled and privileged to be able to join Bermuda’s legal fraternity.
She s...
DATE: Dec 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The global pandemic has not had a major economic effect on Bermuda College, the latest financial statements have revealed.
The statements for the college said auditors had “not observed any material impact on its operations or financial position” as...
DATE: Dec 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
More action has to be taken to tackle gang violence, the One Bermuda Alliance shadow national security minister said in parliament on Friday.
Michael Dunkley, added the Government had revealed few details on how it planned to beat the scourge of gang...
DATE: Nov 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An educator told the Supreme Court that the Bermuda Union of Teachers had blocked him from running for union office after he sought to raise serious concerns with members.
Leonard Santucci, the BUT representative for the Berkeley Institute, had calle...
DATE: Nov 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Taxi Owners Association has named a new executive committee in the wake of the resignation of the group’s president and treasurer.
A spokeswoman for the organisation said in a press release that a special general meeting was called this m...
DATE: Nov 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Young Bermudians will get the chance to meet trailblazer activists from around the world at a major climate change summit to be held on the island next month.
The youngest member on the US White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council, a 14-year...
DATE: Oct 28, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An island research organisation has teamed up with a US university to study the role of the ocean in climate change.
The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences has joined forces with Arizona State University’s Global Futures Laboratory to carry out the ...
DATE: Oct 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
