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The Ministry of Home Affairs is to release interim reports concerning immigration reform, it was announced yesterday.
A spokeswoman said public meetings would also be held as “specific milestones” were reached.
It came after pressure group Supporting...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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Flora Duffy’s parents received a spontaneous standing ovation on Front Street after the athlete romped home in the World Triathlon Bermuda at the weekend.
Maria, Duffy’s mother, said: “We were walking back to the car and as we walked past Port O Call...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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Up to five people a day still visit the hospital’s emergency ward because of asthma attacks.
Liz Boden, co-founder of Open Airways, said that while numbers had fallen over the past two decades Bermuda still had a “huge” problem with asthma.
Ms Boden...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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The airport reopened last night after a small private aircraft crashed on the runway yesterday afternoon.
Aaron Adderley, president of Skyport, confirmed that LF Wade International Airport had reopened at about 9.15pm.
Mr Adderley said: “The pilot w...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda is to reach for the stars and create legislation to govern space exploration mission control centres on the island.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Transport and Regulatory Affairs, added the island would forge ahead with laws and regulations t...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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A Bermuda link to a Caribbean influx to Britain 70 years ago has surfaced after a scandal erupted in the UK about the treatment of the emigrants.
The BBC said the liner HMT Empire Windrush, which took hundreds from the Caribbean to Britain in 1948, t...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Businessman Antony “Monty” Francis was remembered fondly by MPs on both sides of the House of Assembly after his death just short of his 58th birthday last week.
One Bermuda Alliance MP Sylvan Richards recalled sharing accommodation with Mr Francis i...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
A van crashed into a wall and fell on its side on St John’s Road, Pembroke, last night.
The wall and vehicle were both damaged in the incident between Pitts Bay Road and Cox’s Hill Road, at about 11pm.
There were no reported injuries. Temporary traff...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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Student leaders will give advice about safe online behaviour at a conference next Monday.
The Digital Citizenship Conference, hosted by the Ministry of National Security, will feature sessions, workshops and panel discussions about cyberbullying, soc...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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Reinsurance company Axis Capital donated cash to Meals on Wheels.
The charity provides nourishing meals four days a week to 180 people who are incapacitated in some way.
Laquita Philpott of the Axis charity committee, said: “We are delighted to suppo...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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