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A legal trainee who helped draft legislation for emergency Covid-19 payments under a Ministry of Legal Affairs pupillage was welcomed into the fold as a new lawyer at a ceremony on Friday.
Lorendae Symonds told Puisne Judge Larry Mussenden she was “h...
DATE: Nov 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new lawyer credited an alumna’s speech nine years ago at the Bermuda High School for Girls for sparking her interest.
Kathleen McBeath also told Puisne Judge Larry Mussenden at a ceremony on Friday that she followed the advice of her grandfather Cr...
DATE: Nov 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The founder of a billion-dollar data software company in Bermuda has quit the firm after he was accused of a sex assault.
Zia Chishti resigned his three senior posts at Afiniti in the wake of the allegations by a former employee.
The firm said: “The ...
DATE: Nov 21, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
DATE: Nov 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Akil Simmons
The taxi trade faces “unprecedented challenges” from the damage caused by Covid-19 and the increased cost of doing business, industry representatives have warned.
The Bermuda Taxi Operators Association’s executive committee said that programmes intro...
DATE: Nov 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two cousins honoured their late great-grandmother when they were Called to the Bar on the same day.
Aqueelah Simmons, 25, and Tanisha Butler, 44, said that Radia “Nadine“ Butler, who died during their studies, would be proud of their years of hard wo...
DATE: Nov 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The health minister tonight renewed her appeal for people to sign up for coronavirus vaccine booster vaccinations.
Kim Wilson was speaking after health officials recorded one new case out of the latest 2,974 test results.
The infection came in from o...
DATE: Nov 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A former cancer patient celebrating five years in the clear is to brave the waters off Bermuda for a charity swim.
Nina London, a columnist for The Royal Gazette, is staging the event to raise funds for cancer charity Pals.
She plans to start her 2k...
DATE: Nov 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Senior police officers are in talks with the Government after a push to get more officers on the beat.
Renee Ming, the national security minister, revealed this week that the Bermuda Police Service had asked for extra cash to fund a recruitment drive...
DATE: Nov 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Bermuda is a trail blazer in the race against time to combat the climate crisis, according to Walter Roban.
A document the home affairs minister presented to the recent COP26 global warming summit in Glasgow sets out ways to protect Bermuda’s fragil...
DATE: Nov 20, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
