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A total of five new coronavirus cases have been recorded, health officials announced today.
The health department added that flu vaccine sessions have been cancelled because it had run out of shots.
A spokeswoman said: “This is due to an atypical sur...
DATE: Nov 09, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Satisfaction with Government performance is at one of the highest levels in the last 20 years, a polling firm said today.
A total of 76 per cent of those questioned said that they were satisfied with the Government and 21 per cent said they were diss...
DATE: Nov 09, 2020
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A “seasoned executive” with more 30 years of experience in the gambling world was today confirmed as the Chief Executive of the Bermuda Casino Gaming Commission.
Jean Major pledged that the commission will develop “a robust regulatory framework” for ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Progressive Labour Party senator was today appointed as Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports.
Ernest Peets was sworn in by John Rankin, the Governor, at a ceremony at Government House in Pembroke.
Dr Peets said: “This appointment is something for ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Teachers have been invited to a professional development workshop organised by the National Museum of Bermuda.
The free session will be held on Zoom and will be linked to a lecture about resistance to enslavement.
An NMB spokeswoman said: “This works...
DATE: Nov 09, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The National Museum of Bermuda is hosting a free Zoom lecture Pushing the Boundaries of Freedom presented by Dr. Kristy Warren on Wednesday, November 18 at 5:30pm AT.
Dr. Warren is a Bermudian scholar who resides in the UK and is working with the Uni...
DATE: Nov 09, 2020
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News
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Press Release
Bermuda’s young people should have a say in changes to academic, trades and recreational programmes, campaigners and teachers have said.
Desmond Crockwell, the director of Youthvision Promotions, set up to boost the development of young people, said ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda is poised to ask for more power to run its own affairs after the British government allowed the island to draw up “areas for constitutional reform”, the Throne Speech has revealed.
The speech, the blueprint for business for the new session o...
DATE: Nov 09, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Government must tell the people of Bermuda more about its plans for constitutional reform, the new Leader of the Opposition said at the weekend.
Cole Simons of the One Bermuda Alliance asked: “Where are the details, and what is the end game?”
Mr ...
DATE: Nov 09, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
An antiracism charity said today that a print version of its book on black history was now available.
Black History in Bermuda: Timeline Spanning Five Centuries was created by Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda, with the support of the Human Ri...
DATE: Nov 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell