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Bermuda joined the rest of the world today to celebrate Human Rights Day.
The event at City Hall in Hamilton, organised by the Human Rights Commission, Social Justice Bermuda, Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda and Imagine Bermuda, highlighted the ...
DATE: Dec 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Road users on Harbour Road will face two sets of lane closures when repairs start on a second area of wall later this month.
The news came as the Ministry of Public Works announced that work on the road between Lover’s Lane and Highwood Lane in Paget...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Phone companies topped the list for customer complaints in the latest report by the telecommunications and energy watchdog.
Digicel had the highest number of complaints about billing – the biggest grievance category reported to the Regulatory Authori...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A One Bermuda Alliance claim that the Government has misrepresented the inflation rate yesterday sparked a war of words.
Cole Simons, the Opposition leader, said that the figures produced by the Cabinet Office “just don’t add up”.
But Wayne Furbert, ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A change of name for Corkscrew Hill to honour Olympic champion Flora Duffy has become official.
The old street sign was replaced with one reading “Flora Duffy Hill” yesterday to mark Ms Duffy’s triathlon triumph.
The Government announced in October t...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The owners of a farm hit by a major fire said they were “optimistic” the business would bounce back.
Richard Bascome, the general manager at Westover Farm in Sandys, said the building that housed the butcher’s shop and staff housing had suffered the ...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A house lost a piece of its roadside wall yesterday after it suffered a glancing blow from a trash truck.
Neighbours of the house on Hermitage Road, Smith’s said they heard a bang and saw the trash truck stopped at the roadside.
A resident in the bui...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government has named Malika Cartwright as the new director of the Department of Workforce Development.
Mrs Cartwright previously worked with the Bermuda Hospitals Board and had earlier served as the executive director of the Bermuda Hospitality I...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Five Bermuda charities will reap the rewards as the global parent company of a major local insurer celebrates its 20th anniversary.
Bermuda is among ten countries on the list for a $1.4 million donation worldwide by Arch Capital Group, with the givea...
DATE: Dec 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A nine-year-old girl was yesterday hailed a hero after she rescued her drowning father from a swimming pool.
Zoe Oduntan was swimming in the pool with her father, Richard and brother, Eli, when Mr Oduntan got into difficulties and sank to the bottom....
DATE: Dec 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan