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The creation of a gender affairs office was called for today as Bermuda prepared to mark the United Nations’ International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.
Victoria Cunningham, selected to fight Devonshire North Central at the next ...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Senior citizens have an added sense of security after power firm Belco installed perimeter lighting at a sheltered housing complex.
The energy firm responded to a request from the Ministry of Public Works to help the Bermuda Housing Trust improve sa...
DATE: Nov 25, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The deadline for the Stanley Ratteray Memorial Christmas Short Story Contest is today at 5pm.
The competition is open to all full-time Bermuda residents and stories may be fiction or non-fiction.
Cash prizes, Stationery Store gifts and gift certifica...
DATE: Nov 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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A restaurant raised more than $5,000 for a children’s charity by selling food items at massively reduced rates.
KFC Bermuda said that proceeds from its seventh annual Halloween treat voucher campaign would be donated to the Coalition for the Protecti...
DATE: Nov 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The island’s psychiatric hospital will mark the International Day of People with Disabilities next week with a motorcade through Hamilton.
The Mid Atlantic Wellness Institute motorcade will leave the Devonshire hospital on December 3 and head for the...
DATE: Nov 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A baby swing at a public park has been fixed for the third time this year, the public works ministry said yesterday.
A spokesman for the ministry said a new technique had been used to fix the swing at Shelly Bay Park in Hamilton Parish.
He added: “T...
DATE: Nov 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
More than $35,000 will be split between nine charities from the sales of a traditional calendar by fuel firm Rubis.
Jermaine Simons, the firm’s sales manager, said it was hoped the donations from the 2021 calendar would be a help, especially in the d...
DATE: Nov 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The sporting triumph of boxer Clarence Hill, Bermuda’s first Olympic medal-winner, was celebrated yesterday with a home-grown tribute at Loyal Hill in Devonshire.
The Loyal Gazette presented Mr Hill with a miniature replica of his 1976 bronze medal a...
DATE: Nov 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Significant generation of electricity – independently of Belco – is being investigated by the island’s Regulatory Authority.
But the scenarios up for review would not allow an entity generating its own power to hook up to the island’s electricity gr...
DATE: Nov 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The founder of a billion-dollar data software company in Bermuda has quit the firm after he was accused of a sex assault.
Zia Chishti resigned his three senior posts at Afiniti in the wake of the allegations by a former employee.
The firm said: “The ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter