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A “silent majority” backs the work of the racial justice charity Curb, according to the group’s vice-president.
Cordell Riley said Curb’s last round of truth and reconciliation community conversations ended in December with participants expressing “a...
DATE: Jan 04, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The finalists in a competition to find the island’s top teacher were announced yesterday.
A total of ten teachers are in the running for the Outstanding Teacher Award 2020, organised by the Bermuda Education Network and picked from a field of almost ...
DATE: Jan 04, 2020
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Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermuda’s public parties will go off with a bang again this year after a new fireworks expert stepped forward.
The island has been without sparkling skies since the retirement in 2017 of Dek Froud, the only person licensed to handle fireworks.
Now Ky...
DATE: Jan 04, 2020
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The City of Hamilton will begin to pick up Christmas trees next week.
A spokeswoman for the city said collection will take place every Tuesday and Thursday for the rest of January.
The spokeswoman said: “Trees should be placed on the sidewalk between...
DATE: Jan 04, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A tradesman has launched legal action against the Minister of Public Works over allegations he lost out on a promotion and increased pay.
Calvin Simons has filed a writ in the Supreme Court and claimed that, despite caring for his seriously ill son, ...
DATE: Jan 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Building trade workers are let down by a lack of skills that could have been learnt in high school, industry leaders claimed.
Simon Tully, the president of the Construction Association of Bermuda, and Will Irvine, its executive director, said it was ...
DATE: Jan 03, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Corporation of Hamilton has launched a $200,000-plus legal action against the owner of the temporary home of Parliament.
A writ of summons, filed by the municipality on November 12, asked the Supreme Court to order the owner of Veritas Place on C...
DATE: Jan 03, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An American executive who played a prominent role in the heyday of Bermuda’s reinsurance industry has died.
David Sinnott, who lived in Bermuda from 1993 to 2011, was 58.
Mr Sinnott worked at reinsurers Tempest Reinsurance, PartnerRe, General Re and ...
DATE: Jan 03, 2020
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Obituaries
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Repairs to a Sandys bridge will reduce traffic flow to one lane for more than a month.
A notice published in the Official Gazette on December 31 warned that Watford Bridge will have a single lane from January 27 to March 8 because of maintenance work...
DATE: Jan 03, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Health battles that nearly killed a lifestyle journalist and her husband have strengthened their marriage, she said this week.
Stefanie Michaels said: “He’s been really supportive and I’ve been really supportive.
“We’re best friends. You just learn...
DATE: Jan 03, 2020
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