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The Bermuda National Trust has highlighted the history of its headquarters in a new book.
Waterville, The Story of a House, Its People & Its Contents was released as the trust marks the building’s 50th anniversary as its nerve centre.
The Grade 1...
DATE: Dec 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman whose grandparents’ home in St David’s was bought up to build the US base during World War Two said the two made a major sacrifice “for the good of Bermuda”.
Marlene Warren told the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses that her gra...
DATE: Dec 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
If Kathy Lynn Simmons has her way, the image of civil servants as paper-pushing bureaucrats will be a thing of the past by 2023.
The Attorney General said that the Government aimed to be a paperless organisation in three years’ time, with all forms ...
DATE: Dec 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A charity marked World Aids Day yesterday with a plea to remember to care for people with HIV and Aids despite the global Covid-19 pandemic.
Carolyn Armstrong, the executive director for Supportive Therapy for Persons with Aids and their Relatives, ...
DATE: Dec 02, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A charity that provides home care for cancer patients will not hold its usual Christmas event this year, it was announced today.
Pals said it decided to cancel its 40th Holiday Fair because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
A Pals spokeswoman said: “We recei...
DATE: Dec 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Boris Johnson, the UK Prime Minister, has pledged to support the UK Overseas Territories in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Mr Johnson last week joined David Burt, the Premier, and representatives from other Overseas Territories at a Joint Mini...
DATE: Dec 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Businessman Paul Scope and former police officer Mark Clarke are to take the helm of a SailGP Bermuda steering committee set up to involve the public with the event.
Mr Scope, the chairman of Willis Bermuda and the Bermuda Business Development Agenc...
DATE: Dec 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A family that claimed a plot was hatched to take land from them in the 1960s produced documents yesterday said to be title deeds dating back to 1880.
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Charles Brown and his brother, George, brought the paperwork to the Commi...
DATE: Dec 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Somerset branch of HSBC has closed “following a possible exposure to Covid-19”.
A statement released by the bank said the decision was made “out of an abundance of caution”.
“The bank is following all Bermuda Government Covid-19 protocols and the...
DATE: Dec 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Parents and pupils at an East End middle school were sent home yesterday hours after the Ministry of Education reopened the building.
The move came after the ministry announced late on Sunday that a non-teaching staff member at Clearwater Middle Sc...
DATE: Dec 01, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
