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Fewer than half of Bermuda residents see the island as “inclusive” and 31 per cent feel uncomfortable because of their skin colour a new report has revealed.
The news comes in the Bermuda Vital Signs study for 2017, carried out by the Bermuda Communi...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Society for the Blind has called for people to protect their eyes as World Sight Day approaches.
International World Sight Day will take place on Thursday, with organisations around the world working to raise awareness about avoidable sig...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A “jealous” former boyfriend who threatened to kill the mother of his child in a mobile phone message was jailed for a year yesterday.
Chae Foggo sent a series of abusive messages to Danyelle Ible, denigrating her and saying: “Let me see you, I’m goi...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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Bermuda’s newest lawyer, John McSweeney, has been welcomed to the legal fraternity before a packed courtroom of family and colleagues.
Craig Rothwell, director of litigation for Cox Hallett Wilkinson, introduced Mr McSweeney to Chief Justice Ian Kawa...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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Jonathan Bell
Global warming is not to blame for recent flooding and high tides in Bermuda, an oceanographer said yesterday.
Ruth Curry, physical oceanographer at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, said that two factors were responsible for the high water th...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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Hotelier and retailer Robin Gilbert, who in 1967 became one of the first graduates of the Bermuda Hotel School, has died at the age of 68.
Along with his wife, Susan, Mr Gilbert became a familiar face to many through the family business for more than...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Governor John Rankin last night thanked Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers and police officers for their hard work in hurricane-hit UK territories in the Caribbean.
Mr Rankin said: “I’m both immensely grateful and enormously proud at the role the RBR an...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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Coaches for the Mirrors Programme are in demand, to make a positive difference in young peoples’ lives.
Volunteers are being called for by Zane DeSilva, the Minister of Social Development and Sports, to support one young person aged 14 to 17 across a...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs, has announced the membership of the newly formed bipartisan committee on immigration reform.
The committee will consist of Progressive Labour Party MPs Renee Ming and Christopher Famous and One Bermuda Alli...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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Parents are being warned about infant bath tubs after a host of new regulations were introduced in the United States to prevent drownings.
The Department of Consumer Affairs said new safety rules came into effect in the US on October 2.
As a result, ...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
