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A gender affairs council could be set up to help tackle domestic violence as well as inequities, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors said.
Tinée Furbert added that it is hoped the island can take part in a UN programme to collect data on g...
DATE: Feb 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A global reinsurance firm has boosted a charity with a $25,000 donation to help fund vital training programmes.
SiriusPoint has handed over the cash to the Inter Agency Committee for Children, Families and the Community, an umbrella body for social s...
DATE: Feb 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Inspections were carried out at more than three quarters of the island’s food service outlets despite the diversion of resources to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, a Government spokeswoman said.
She added that it was hoped environmental health teams ca...
DATE: Feb 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Musical duo Aimee and Davy will perform this Friday from the steps of Hamilton City Hall, the Department of Culture announced.
It is the latest in the open air concert series, Creatives Live!, and will run from 12.30pm to 1.30pm with safe distancing ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
To show its appreciation for frontline workers and their incredible work during the pandemic, the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club has given away vouchers for stays at the hotel to three front line organisations – the Bermuda Fire & Rescue, Bermuda Hos...
DATE: Feb 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The first of Bermuda’s new electric bus fleet have arrived on the island.
The 30 buses, built by the Golden Dragon Bus Company in China, are expected to be on the roads in the next four to six weeks.
Lawrence Scott, the Minister of Transport, said in...
DATE: Feb 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A top US scientific research centre’s ties with the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences will open opportunities for Bermudian and American scientists, the head of BIOS has said.
William Curry, the BIOS president, said the East End research station’s ...
DATE: Feb 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The shock resignation of Curtis Dickinson as finance minister just before the Budget has plunged the Government into turmoil.
Mr Dickinson’s shock decision – only a week before the blueprint for the next financial year is delivered to Parliament on F...
DATE: Feb 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Another death from Covid-19 was reported last night – which pushed the island’s death toll from the coronavirus to 121.
But active cases of the virus continued to drop, down to 206 after 165 people recovered from infection, although 100 new cases wer...
DATE: Feb 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
With the announcement that Curtis Dickinson resigned his Cabinet post came the obvious question: who will take his place?
Since the Progressive Labour Party returned to power in 2017, the Government has had two finance ministers.
Several legislators ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter