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Salvation Army food banks have served 2,000 more people this year than they did in the first nine months of last year — and expect to serve more.
Major Sandra Stokes, the divisional commander and divisional director of women’s ministries, said yester...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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The executive chairman of the Bermuda Monetary Authority is among four Bermudians who have been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Jeremy Cox has been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to the economy of...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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Duncan Hall
One of Bermuda’s top singers, a band leader who scored a hit on the United States Billboard charts, has died.
June Ventzos, who shot to fame locally as the leader of the band Paradise, was 61.
She then forged the group Voyeur with Grant Williams; tog...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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About 100 Port Royal Primary School students took to the street yesterday morning to remind people to be kind to each other.
The children waved posters they had made encouraging kindness as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, which this year carrie...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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Blind people have struggled to adapt to Covid-19 health and safety conditions, a charity said yesterday.
Vince Godber, of Vision Bermuda, said people with sight problems had been particularly hard-hit by the pandemic and many had struggled to adjust...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda Post Office staff have been praised for their hard work in the face of a global pandemic.
Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, said in a speech to mark World Post Day that the continued work of staff over the past eight months ...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The appointment of a Cabinet minister under fire for making “a comment I shouldn’t have” has been blasted by the Opposition.
The decision to make Rolfe Commissiong the Government Senate Leader as well as the Minister of Community Affairs and Sport, w...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The police commissioner today made a renewed plea for someone to step forward and tell what they know about the disappearance of Chavelle Dillon-Burgess.
Stephen Corbishley said: “It’s been just about six months since Chavelle was last seen. Six mont...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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The vice-president of the Senate has retired after nine years in the Upper House, the Governor announced yesterday.
John Rankin said James Jardine, an independent senator, had told him in June he wanted to step down.
Mr Rankin added: “Mr Jardine was ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2020
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A man caught riding erratically and almost lost control of his motorcycle was banned from the roads for 18 months after he admitted being more than double the legal alcohol limit.
Elijah Simmons, 29, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2020
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