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Doris Cholmondeley Webster, a Founding member of the Bermuda Industrial Union, has died at the age of 105.
Mrs Webster was born in 1909, the daughter of Henry and Mary Douglas.
While she was forced to give up on education at the age of 15 when her f...
DATE: Jan 25, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
More incentives should be offered to owners of historically listed buildings in Bermuda, according to Henry Ming, principal at Architectural Planning and Research.
“Bermuda has a situation where there’s an unfortunate belief that owning a listed buil...
DATE: Jan 24, 2014
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Government should not cut their funding of charities as they attempt to balance the budget, according to Bermuda Sloop Foundation CEO Denise Riviere.
Ms Riviere insists Government’s investments in charities pays off in the long run by offering valuab...
DATE: Jan 24, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda Union of Teachers is celebrating its 95th anniversary with various activities planned next week.
A church service will be held at St. Paul AME on Sunday, a historical edition of ‘Teacher Talk’, the BUT’s radio programme will air on Thursdays ...
DATE: Jan 24, 2014
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Tourism Minister Shawn Crockwell, Attorney General Mark Pettingill, and a technical officer from the AG’s chambers have flown to Singapore on a gambling fact-finding mission.
The trio are in Asia this week to take a first-hand look at the country’s I...
DATE: Jan 23, 2014
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Kind-hearted Bermudians have rallied round to save an under-threat food programme that feeds hungry schoolchildren.
From individual donations to larger pledges from companies big and small, the phone has been ringing off the hook at the Special Assis...
DATE: Jan 23, 2014
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The Opposition is urging Government to speed up cannabis reform so that Bermudians convicted of possessing small amounts of the drug can finally avoid the “devastating consequences” of their habit.
And cannabis could be decriminalised later this summ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2014
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Gareth Finighan
Education no longer has a dedicated permanent secretary in government following the departure last month of Warren Jones.
Civil servant Mr Jones stepped down from the post after three years to take up a job as a chief executive officer of Polaris Hol...
DATE: Jan 22, 2014
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Sam Strangeways
Students at the Island’s largest senior school are turning up for classes hungry — and a programme set up to provide them with food is under threat.
The Student Assistance Programme (SAP) was formed some years ago to meet the needs of CedarBridge Aca...
DATE: Jan 22, 2014
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New copyright laws aimed at modernising Bermuda’s intellectual property regime will come into effect next week.
The regulations, which kick in on February 1, affect copyright in several key areas, including Customs, Education establishments, the righ...
DATE: Jan 21, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
