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Bermudians were urged to turn down fifth generation wireless technology at a forum organised by the group Bermuda Advocates for Safe Technology.
5G is under a temporary moratorium imposed by the Regulatory Authority.
Public consultation will continue...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Emergency workers and road safety campaigners joined forces to mark Road Safety Day yesterday afternoon.
The UK and other Commonwealth countries are marking Road Safety Week from November 16 to 22. Bermuda chose to mark yesterday as Road Safety Day.
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DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Defendants are being denied a fair trial in Magistrates’ Court because of inefficiencies that cause hearings to drag on for years, it has been claimed.
Top attorney Jerome Lynch QC made the accusation during a Court of Appeal hearing yesterday into t...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A new senior counsel was welcomed to the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Losses of Land in Bermuda yesterday.
Dirk Harrison was appointed to the role after the resignation of Ivan Whitehall QC, last month.
Norma Wade-Miller, the Commission chairw...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A teenager who received a scholarship from a Rotary Club said that the help will extend to her family.
Téja Watson was awarded the Ted Crawford Scholarship in Mathematics and Information Technology.
The Hamilton Rotary Club made the award, which will...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An appeal for the public to wear blue today (FRI) to mark World Children’s Day during the year’s “global child rights crisis” has been made by a charity.
A Family Centre spokeswoman said schools around the island would hold a grub day to help suppor...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“Severe flooding” at a trenching job on Harrington Sound Road in Hamilton Parish has caused the road to be closed off, the Ministry of Public Works advised.
The closure runs from Rocky Ridge Road to Sommersall Road, and will remain in effect until th...
DATE: Nov 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Drivers were warned to take care on Sunday morning for the Bermuda Bicycle Association President’s Cup Road Race.
The race is from 7.30am to 10.30am, with the route under the control of police and race officials. There will be no road closures or par...
DATE: Nov 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An “evolving blueprint” for Bermuda’s culture, and a podium for young people to have more say in government policy, are planned for the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Sports in the year ahead.
Ernest Peets spoke on the Throne Speech plans laid out ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tinée Furbert, the new Minister of Social Development and Seniors, pledged to bring “change where it is needed the most” for the island’s youth and elderly.
Ms Furbert said the new Children’s Commission, pledged to replace the “outdated“ Child Care P...
DATE: Nov 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell