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The Bermuda Ombudsman’s office dealt with matters last year including the handling of senior abuse complaint handling, public bus schedule communications, and delayed applications for criminal injuries compensation.
The details came in the 2019 repor...
DATE: Jul 03, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Ministry of Health wishes to advise the public that, due to inclement weather, this afternoon’s Covid-19 pop-up testing scheduled to take place at the Shelly Bay MarketPlace has been cancelled.
Individuals who had scheduled an appointment for to...
DATE: Jul 03, 2020
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Health
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Press Release
Public confidence in the police service is at its highest for more than a decade, it was revealed yesterday.
A survey showed that overall satisfaction with police performance had jumped from 58 per cent in the first quarter of this year to 75 per cen...
DATE: Jul 03, 2020
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A dog trained to detect dead bodies has been brought in by police to help in the search for a missing young mother.
But a police spokesman said that, although Falco, a Belgian Malinois, was a specialist cadaver dog, he would “serve as a multi-functio...
DATE: Jul 02, 2020
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An awards ceremony will take place tomorrow to honour young people who stepped out of their comfort zones for the challenge of a life on the ocean wave.
The Bermuda Sloop Foundation, which runs the Spirit of Bermuda sail training sloop, will highligh...
DATE: Jul 02, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Members of the island’s white-collar union are believed to have voted to accept a 10 per cent pay cut and suspension of pension contributions to ease pressure on the public purse caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
A message from the Bermuda Public Serv...
DATE: Jul 02, 2020
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Budget
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Businesses already hurt by the economic impact of Covid-19 are braced for another hit caused by the cancellation of Cup Match and associated events.
Some of those in the West End, where Somerset Cricket Club was scheduled to host this year’s game on ...
DATE: Jul 02, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A van has been donated to a cancer support charity to help its team get to people in need of care. Fuel supplier Rubis Energy Bermuda presented Pals with a Renault Kangoo so its clinical services staff have more transport options.
Colleen English De ...
DATE: Jul 02, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A wave of mental health problems in families will sink Bermuda if action is not taken, the freshly retired head of a major charity warned yesterday.
Martha Dismont, who stepped down as executive director of Family Centre on Tuesday after 30 years, sa...
DATE: Jul 02, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A celebration will be held today to mark the 61st anniversary of the end of the 1959 Theatre Boycott.
Imagine Bermuda, a community group, will hold the appreciation celebration at Hamilton City Hall with antiracism and performance groups.
Glenn Fuble...
DATE: Jul 02, 2020
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