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An environmental group said yesterday it wanted to work more closely with other organisations as part of a new strategy to help protect nature.
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce added it had also reorganised its management structure ...
DATE: Nov 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Allegations of “negative and aggressive” behaviour and an “unhealthy culture” have been made about the public body which investigates government mismanagement.
A letter that listed concerns about the independent Office of the Ombudsman has been leake...
DATE: Nov 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A courtroom has been refitted to cut the risk of coronavirus transmission so Supreme Court trials can restart.
Partitions were installed to shield jurors, staff and lawyers who use the Supreme Court in Sessions House.
Trials are expected to resume ne...
DATE: Nov 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An open day was held yesterday at a custom-built centre built by a diabetes charity.
The Bermuda Diabetes Society event at the new Hilton Hill Diabetes Centre, held in Diabetes Awareness Month, was designed to promote education and resources availabl...
DATE: Nov 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The annual MarketPlace Christmas Parade will go ahead on November 29, the grocery store chain announced today.
A spokesman for MarketPlace said the parade, scheduled to start at 5pm, would be modified to take account of Covid-19 regulations.
Seth Stu...
DATE: Nov 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A young lawyer was Called to the Bar last week – 20 years after she watched her father join.
Amber Wilson, 25, thanked all the people who had guided her as she prepared to start as an associate at law firm Conyers.
Her father, Lorren Wilson, a direc...
DATE: Nov 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A report was made to police after a young scooter rider was chased by people on another bike.
Police said that video footage of the incident has spread on social media.
The incident was reported to have happened when a young man was riding an auxilia...
DATE: Nov 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A supermarket chain and the Lions Clubs of Bermuda today kicked off their annual Share the Christmas Spirit food drive to help families in need.
Seth Stutzman, the president of the MarketPlace Group, said: “People need a helping hand more so this ye...
DATE: Nov 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Ernest Peets is to be a senator and the Government Leader in the Upper House, it was revealed tonight.
David Burt, the Premier, said he was “extremely pleased that Dr Peets has accepted this appointment”.
Dr Peets is a certified family therapist, an...
DATE: Nov 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
All the passengers on a British Airways flight from London last week were yesterday ordered to quarantine after eight coronavirus cases were detected among its passengers.
The latest case, a returned resident who flew to the island on October 27, was...
DATE: Nov 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell