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The One Bermuda Alliance is down — but not out, its leader has said.
Craig Cannonier, the Leader of the Opposition, said, despite the Progressive Labour Party’s landslide 30-6 General Election triumph, the OBA was still viable.
Mr Cannonier added: “W...
DATE: Oct 07, 2020
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The director of the Bermuda Weather Service will be a virtual panellist at an extreme weather summit today.
Mark Guishard was invited to speak at the Atlantic International Research Centre’s All-Atlantic Summit after he met a senior member of the or...
DATE: Oct 07, 2020
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The Bermuda Union of Teachers praised the profession yesterday for its hard work in the face of Covid-19 in a video created to mark World Teachers Day.
The video, presented to Education International — a global organisation made up of teaching unions...
DATE: Oct 06, 2020
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Campaigners for victims of sex abuse have backed a move to amend the Criminal Code to target “revenge porn”.
Elaine Butterfield, the executive director of the Women’s Resource Centre, said that a law that tackled sexual harassment where compromising ...
DATE: Oct 06, 2020
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A 62-year-old man will return to court on sex assault charges after a magistrate ruled yesterday that there was sufficient evidence to go to trial.
Magistrate Craig Attridge rejected a no case to answer submission, which would have dismissed the char...
DATE: Oct 06, 2020
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Court
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An attempt to overturn a conviction for refusal of a breath test has been rejected by the Supreme Court.
Safiyah Talbot claimed that she had told officers she would take the test after she had spoken to her lawyer. But Puisne Judge Shade Subair Willi...
DATE: Oct 06, 2020
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The wife of the Premier appealed yesterday to the public to back Breast Cancer Awareness Month, despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
Kristin Burt, the patron of the event, said this year’s theme of “I Believe in Pink”, was inspired by the late Audrey Hepbu...
DATE: Oct 06, 2020
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The sale of the holding company of power firm Belco is on the verge of being completed after regulators approved the change of control.
A spokesman for Ascendant, parent of Belco and several other companies, said the green light from the Regulatory A...
DATE: Oct 06, 2020
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Two international artists have joined the Bermudian online Black Pony Gallery.
The addition of Dede Brown, of the Bahamas, and David Bridgeman, of the Cayman Islands, meant that Black Pony now has 15 artists representing five Atlantic islands, includ...
DATE: Oct 06, 2020
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Duncan Hall
Firefighters tackled a house blaze yesterday.
Two firefighters wearing breathing gear entered the home in Hillsdale, Devonshire, to put out the fire.
A fire service spokesman said thick smoke was billowing out of the windows and doors of the lower ap...
DATE: Oct 06, 2020
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