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The Human Rights Commission has been invited to make submissions over controversial amendments to immigration legislation.
The HRC and home affairs minister Walton Brown released a joint statement yesterday, in which they said they had held “candid a...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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Politics
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After decades away, former Sonesta Beach Hotel worker Paul Vlachos’s return to the island he loves provided a joyful reunion for colleagues from the iconic hotel.
“Bermuda is the best place in the world for me,” Mr Vlachos told The Royal Gazette as h...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Government has retained 65 overseas legal services at a total cost of $24.5 million since 2013, according to Kathy Simmons, the Attorney-General.
Ms Simmons revealed the figure to the Senate yesterday as she outlined plans to boost opport...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The firm bidding to provide a cashless gaming network for casinos in Bermuda claims it would retain only a “very small profit margin” from the tens of millions of dollars it stands to make.
Responding to a special report by The Royal Gazette yesterda...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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A renowned clinician and educator will return to the island next week to speak about race and trauma.
Kenneth Hardy, a professor of family therapy at Drexel University in Philadelphia, is being brought back to the island by the Family Centre.
While o...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Friends of Hospice is continuing the conversation on death and dying with a community event this weekend.
The final activity of World Hospice and Palliative Care Week will feature a panel discussion and activities for participants.
Friends of Hospi...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
An international travel conference is set to be held on the island in what the Bermuda Tourism Authority described as a “double win”.
The 32nd Educational Travel Consortium Signature Conference is expected to bring more than 400 travel planners and t...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Union of Teachers has invited one of the original Freedom Writers — a group of teenagers disillusioned after the LA riots in 1992 — to be a keynote speaker at an education conference that starts today.
Manny Scott — who found hope through...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Sugary drinks are disappearing from hospital cafeterias in a bid to boost health.
Scott Pearman, chief operating officer of the Bermuda Hospitals Board, said the move came after a survey showed that staff had swallowed 3.16 tonnes of sugar in soft dr...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Three men injured in a collision on St John’s Road are still recovering in hospital.
A police spokesman said the 21-year-old car driver injured in the collision with a truck at 7.50pm on Tuesday was in a stable condition on a general ward.
He added...
DATE: Oct 19, 2017
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AUTHOR:
News Staff