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The problems faced by LGBTQ people have to be tackled, a union leader has said.
Jason Hayward, president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, admitted a change in approach was needed in his own organisation.
Mr Hayward said that LGBTQ union members ...
DATE: Jul 05, 2019
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Sarah Lagan
A Canadian artist who has painted princes and prime ministers has donated some of his work to a Bermuda art gallery.
Bernard Poulin, whose subjects have included the Royal Family’s Prince William and Jean Chrétien, a former Canadian prime minister, a...
DATE: Jul 04, 2019
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People going to live, work or study in Canada will be able to have their biometric information collected in Bermuda for the first time, it was revealed yesterday.
The Ministry of National Security has launched a trial programme to allow residents to...
DATE: Jul 04, 2019
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Sun canopies have been installed at a popular beach to provide shelter for taxi and shuttle bus passengers.
Transport minister Zane DeSilva said the canopies in the car park at Horseshoe Bay in Southampton would reduce heat and UV exposure and improv...
DATE: Jul 04, 2019
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Tourism
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Sarah Lagan
Police tonight thanked the public for their assistance in locating a woman earlier reported as missing.
Family members had contacted authorities this afternoon over the absence of 43-year-old Tamara Smith.
At 8.40pm, a police spokesman reported Ms Sm...
DATE: Jul 04, 2019
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Nine students have been awarded a special scholarship to help fund their studies.
The students all won scholarships set up in the name of Barbara Ball, a pioneer woman doctor and fighter for social justice.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, said: “...
DATE: Jul 03, 2019
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Education
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Sarah Lagan
The island’s white-collar union is to hold a forum for expatriate workers to discuss problems with racism and xenophobia.
Jason Hayward, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union, said: “In a recent survey conducted by one of Bermuda’s large...
DATE: Jul 02, 2019
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Budget
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Sarah Lagan
Video recordings on social media of a weekend brawl on a boat are believed to show an incident at a Sunday raft-up off Morgan’s Point, according to police.
A spokesman said last night that its circumstances were “unclear”. One film shows a boat packe...
DATE: Jul 02, 2019
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Crime
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Sarah Lagan
Doctors will be unable to cope with a reduction in fees and an increased workload, the Bermuda Medical Doctors’ Association has warned.
The BMDA said it backed improved access to healthcare, but that there were “significant costs” involved and more c...
DATE: Jul 01, 2019
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Health
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Sarah Lagan
The Department of Corrections has named the Prison Farm’s carpentry shop in honour of James “Jimmy” Pratt.
The honour was given for Mr Pratt’s many years of dedicated service to the department and inmates housed at the facility.
He was joined at a na...
DATE: Jun 30, 2019
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Sarah Lagan