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Foster parents have been given additional financial support from the Government, the Ministry of Social Development and Seniors has announced.
Traditional and kinship foster parents received a 10 per cent increase in their monthly stipends on May 1, ...
DATE: Jul 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s cultural history will be celebrated with a series of tours and events in the lead-up to Emancipation Day and Mary Prince Day.
A Government spokeswoman said the Department of Culture has partnered with Jumuiya ya Afrika Bermuda, the Departme...
DATE: Jul 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The leaders and officials of the Bermuda Bar Association were elected at the organisation’s Annual General Meeting yesterday.
George Jones has replaced Elizabeth Christopher as president.
Jerome Wilson is now vice-president in place of Cindy Clarke,...
DATE: Jul 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Rescue, resuscitation and patrolling are some of the hard skills being learnt by Bermuda’s latest cadre of lifeguards in training.
There are seven new recruits undertaking the intensive course under the Department of Parks’ Lifeguard Service for the...
DATE: Jul 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Maintenance and upgrades to online Government services has been postponed.
Originally it was planned that from 11.55pm today to 4.30am tomorrow, there would be extensive maintenance and upgrades to the current government online platforms.
But a spok...
DATE: Jul 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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For at least the last decade, when couples have said “I do”, there was a better than 50 per cent chance that neither of the newlyweds were from Bermuda.
Not only were the highest number of weddings carried out between two non-residents, but the numb...
DATE: Jul 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Seven groups are each $2,000 better off thanks to the generosity of the Prison Officers Association.
Cheques were presented to six charities – Bermuda Diabetes Association, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bermuda, Coalition for the Protection of Children...
DATE: Jul 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Two bus routes will be rerouted starting from today owing to road works in the area of Shark Hole Hill, Hamilton Parish.
Bus routes one and three will be affected in both directions until Monday, July 12.
Route one will travel up Collector’s Hill ...
DATE: Jul 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
David Burt, the Premier, has sent condolences to the people of Haiti following the assassination of the nation’s president Jovenel Moise.
Mr Moise was killed after gunmen stormed his home in the Haiti capital of Port-au-Prince today.
His wife Martine...
DATE: Jul 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Transformational Living Centre, a shelter for homeless women and their children soon to open on Parsons Road in Pembroke, got brightened last month by big-hearted volunteers from a local insurer.
Sheelagh Cooper, the chairwoman of Habitat for Hum...
DATE: Jul 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell