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Bermuda Hospitals Board advises the public of a temporary road closure scheduled for Monday 9 December 2019 on the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital (KEMH) campus. The closure will affect both vehicular and pedestrian through traffic from approximate...
DATE: Dec 05, 2019
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Press Release
“No plans” exist to axe the first year of primary school, a Government representative said last night.
The spokeswoman for the Ministry of Education said that “there are no plans to remove P1 from the Bermuda Public School System”.
She was speaking...
DATE: Dec 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Two women on a pilot programme to help increase their opportunities said they felt more in charge of their lives only weeks into the scheme.
Tina Ray and Rita Jones were among ten people on the Transformational Support Services programme launched by ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A blind teenager and his single mother on financial assistance said they were in a “desperate” situation owing to lack of cash.
Sarah Fox, who lost her job as a human resources assistant at a law firm in July 2018, said she and 18-year-old son Brande...
DATE: Dec 04, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Senators are expected to debate changes to the national pension scheme today to require expatriate workers to be enrolled.
But the Government will be short a senator in the wake of the election of Jason Hayward to the House of Assembly. A PLP spokesw...
DATE: Dec 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A legal battle between a construction firm owned by a government minister and his niece and her mother, his ex-sister-in-law will be fought out in the Court of Appeal.
But Island Construction, owned by Zane DeSilva, the current Minister of Tourism an...
DATE: Dec 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police have asked the public for their help to find Roydell Stovell, 63.
A police spokesman said Ms Stovell, who was last seen in Pembroke at 2am on Monday, is overdue to return to a medical facility.
The spokesman said the missing woman is light com...
DATE: Dec 04, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man denied robbery and drug possession charges yesterday.
Gerald Green, 42, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to the theft of a gold chain and pendant worth more than $2,800 from Ronald Trott on July 11 in Pembroke.
Mr Green also pleaded not...
DATE: Dec 04, 2019
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Court
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Police yesterday warned that people who fall for a “mystery shopper” scam could face jail or huge fines.
A spokesman said fraudsters had been duping members of the public through a scheme to launder dirty money.
He added: “The Bermuda Police Service ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermuda needs more women on government boards, the executive director of the Women’s Resource Centre said yesterday.
Elaine Butterfield said: “It would allow for a more balanced perspective in decision-making in all aspects of community life.
Ms Bu...
DATE: Dec 04, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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