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Britain’s Overseas Territories minister has resigned after the Conservative Party government yesterday announced it was cutting its foreign aid budget.
Baroness Sugg, who was appointed Foreign Office Parliamentary Secretary for Overseas Territories a...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A seventh Bermuda Hospitals Board staff member has tested positive for the coronavirus, it has been confirmed.
The staff member was one of two new cases identified by Government yesterday.
A BHB spokeswoman said: “One of the cases reported by Governm...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Access to a historic black cemetery in the Town of St George has been improved as part of a collaborative effort between multiple organisations.
A new pathway into the slave and free black portion of St Peter’s cemetery was officially unveiled yester...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man accused of plotting to smuggle gun parts into the island maintained his innocence yesterday despite links to three separate packages with contraband.
Prosecutor Cindy Clarke said James Rumley, 39, would have to be “the most unlucky man” on the ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda tennis lost a close friend with the passing on Monday of former New York mayor David Dinkins at the age of 93.
Mr Dinkins, whose wife Joyce died just over a month ago at the age of 89, is New York’s only black mayor to date, a post he hel...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Lawrence Trott
A proposed education authority must be free from government influence, a newly appointed independent senator said yesterday.
Speaking during the Senate debate on the Throne Speech, John Wight said: “I am pleased to see the creation of an education a...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Hamilton dock-workers returned to work yesterday after the Government stepped in to bring six days of disruptions to an end.
Staff were ordered to return to work on Tuesday night after Jason Hayward, the labour minister, referred the dispute to the L...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Two more coronavirus cases have been identified and, separately, children from a fourth school were told to quarantine, it emerged yesterday.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said that the Primary 5 class of West End Primary was asked to sta...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An Opposition senator questioned how many Bermuda College students on government scholarships had graduated.
Marcus Jones, the Opposition Senate Leader, yesterday quizzed Owen Darrell, senator and Junior Minister for the Cabinet Office, Education, an...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Demand for ready cooked turkeys and Thanksgiving meals has jumped this year, according to the MarketPlace in Hamilton.
In past years, the store has cooked hundreds of turkeys for their deli and for people to take home, but a store spokesperson specu...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
