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A new pressure group set up to push power firm Belco to clean its act up is to launch today.
The Bermuda Clean Air Coalition was set up in protest at pollution and other problems caused by the company’s chimneys and machinery.
A spokeswoman for the g...
DATE: Oct 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A founder of the Free Democratic Movement said that stronger anti-violence policies were needed to improve the party’s chances of victory in a General Election.
Desmond Crockwell, an anti-violence campaigner and community worker, said he would like t...
DATE: Oct 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
About 100 Port Royal Primary School students took to the street yesterday morning to remind people to be kind to each other.
The children waved posters they had made encouraging kindness as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, which this year carrie...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Unauthorised repair work to a roof at a major bottleneck caused traffic delays in Flatts yesterday.
Police were called in to the village to help direct morning rush-hour traffic after complaints from road users that temporary traffic lights had cause...
DATE: Oct 09, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A childcare centre targeted by arson attacks yesterday thanked the public for its help to raise funds for a replacement school bus after its transport was destroyed in a fire.
Trina Davis-Williams, the parent teacher association president at Happy V...
DATE: Oct 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A schoolboy with severe autism has been refused permission to repeat a school year despite backing from his teacher and doctor.
His parents said their son had the mental age of a five-year-old and, because of disruption to his education caused by th...
DATE: Oct 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Zoological Society has won an international award for its restoration work on an island.
The US-based Association of Zoos and Aquariums singled out the Living Classroom project by BZS, the major support charity for the Bermuda Aquarium, M...
DATE: Oct 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The traditional Christmas Walkabout in the Town of St George has been axed this year because of the coronavirus.
Belcario Thomas, the co-chairman for the East End Division of the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce, said that the decision to cancel the shop...
DATE: Oct 07, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The wife of the Premier appealed yesterday to the public to back Breast Cancer Awareness Month, despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
Kristin Burt, the patron of the event, said this year’s theme of “I Believe in Pink”, was inspired by the late Audrey Hepbu...
DATE: Oct 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Parents and staff at a primary school have joined forces to complain about a string of problems, including poor Covid-19 safety enforcement and “dictatorial” management.
The anonymous group, said to include 100 parents of pupils and 12 staff, added t...
DATE: Oct 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan