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A fresh bid to save a historic primary school earmarked for closure will be mounted tomorrow.
Campaigners battling to retain West End Primary School in Sandys will stage a protest at Nellie’s Walk on Hamilton’s Church Street, close to City Hall, from...
DATE: Nov 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Photographs by Blaire Simmons
DATE: Nov 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Blaire Simmons
The gallant last stand of a Bermuda-based British armed merchant cruiser against a powerful German battleship was today remembered.
Bermuda Sea Cadets and dignitaries laid wreaths at the Albuoy’s Point memorial to HMS Jervis Bay, which was sunk as it...
DATE: Nov 11, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A commitment to protect Bermuda’s environment was renewed after a major environment conference in Glasgow last week.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said last week’s Throne Speech highlighted the Government’s dedication to safeguard the s...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Observances to mark the end of “the war to end all wars” will be scaled down and closed to the public this year.
Tomorrow’s Remembrance Day ceremony will start at 10.30am with the laying of the wreaths taking place in front of the Cenotaph on the Cab...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
An organisation that celebrates public infrastructure innovation hailed the “new standards” set by Bermuda’s airport redevelopment project.
The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships announced that the scheme was one of five winners in an ...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A reinsurance firm has donated $45,000 to help pay for Covid-19 tests in schools.
PartnerRe said the donation towards lateral antigen testing was designed to help pupils get back to their classrooms.
A spokesman said: “PartnerRe is committed to suppo...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Compulsory Covid-19 vaccinations for health and social services staff are being considered by the Cabinet, the health minister revealed yesterday.
Kim Wilson was speaking as England brought in tough new rules on vaccination for NHS staff designed to ...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The City of Hamilton continued its battle for survival yesterday in the face of a government plan to turn both of the island’s municipalities into quangos and end local elections.
The Supreme Court earlier ruled that the Municipalities Reform Act was...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Dutch bank employee has embarked on a mission to remember more than 280 soldiers – including five Bermudians – who gave their lives in the liberation of Europe in the Second World War.
Oscar Huisman, said his village of Overloon was the site of a c...
DATE: Nov 10, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
