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The island’s soaring cost of living will be the topic of a series of town hall meetings organised this month by the Bermuda Industrial Union.
The move comes in the wake of legislation tabled on Friday in the House of Assembly to eliminate import duti...
DATE: Oct 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Researchers at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences have lent their experience to an upcoming video game intended to simulate piloting remote controlled submarines.
The September edition of the institute’s Currents newsletter said José González, a...
DATE: Oct 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An outdoor cinema series will this month embrace the Hallowe’en spirit with two screenings at Fort Hamilton.
The Fresh Air Films event series is set to return over Hallowe’en weekend with showings of the 2019 animated film The Addams Family, followed...
DATE: Oct 04, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The island is facing a “crisis” in gang violence and “candid discussions” need to be held with stakeholders to resolve the problem, according to Michael Weeks, the Minister for National Security.
Mr Weeks added that the issue of violence “is the prov...
DATE: Oct 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Hundreds of bits of coral have been rescued by a team of divers working to save the pieces after storm damage.
The fragments are treated and regrown in a hatchery before they are replanted and eventually returned to the reef.
A spokeswoman for the Li...
DATE: Oct 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A government minister has defended Belco over concerns that the electricity provider is pumping out pollution from its north power station.
Jason Hayward, the Minister for the Economy and Labour – who is also the MP for Pembroke Central where the Bel...
DATE: Oct 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A $22 million stabilisation project has been launched at the Tynes Bay waste to energy facility in an effort to keep it operational until wider works can be done.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, told the House of Assembl...
DATE: Oct 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A minister has rebuked the Auditor-General for delays in keeping government agencies up to date on their financial standings.
In a rare public slight, Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, expressed concern to the House of Ass...
DATE: Oct 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Bermudian actress Lana Young has been juggling a busy media schedule since the Tyler Perry movie she stars in hit the silver screen earlier this month.
Ms Young plays the mother of the leading lady in A Jazzman’s Blues, written and directed by Acade...
DATE: Oct 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda has witnessed a dramatic rise in cases of domestic abuse in recent years, according to a government minister.
The claim has been backed up by the charity Centre Against Abuse, which reported “a sharp increase in domestic abuse reports” up to ...
DATE: Oct 03, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan