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A team of Bermuda Police officers is on the front line helping the devastated British Virgin Islands recover after a massive hit from Hurricane Irma.
The six-strong team was deployed to the BVI on September 17 to provide armed support to the policing...
DATE: Sep 29, 2017
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Government has doubled the guarantee capacity of the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation to support local businesses, Jamahl Simmons announced this morning.
Mr Simmons, the Minister of Economic Development, said Cabinet had agreed for the guaran...
DATE: Sep 29, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An event highlighting mental health issues has been postponed due to bad weather and flight delays.
Silence the Shame, a panel discussion led by American music executive Shanti Das, had been due to take place at the Bermuda National Gallery this even...
DATE: Sep 29, 2017
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Lou Matthews, the director of Educational Standards and Accountability, announced his resignation yesterday and said Bermuda’s expectations for scholastic excellence are not being adequately supported.
Dr Matthews, who had served in the role since 2...
DATE: Sep 29, 2017
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Education
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Keeping the joint mail processing centre and Customs post at the airport is too expensive to consider, Minister for Government Reform Lovitta Foggo told MPs today.
Ms Foggo said that — if the two centres stay in their current premises — in addition ...
DATE: Sep 29, 2017
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The author of a Bermuda-based thriller Bloodwater has revisited the island in a new book.
Writer Colin Duerden said Fried White Grunts is a series of connected stories about growing up in Bermuda which drew inspiration from his own childhood here.
He...
DATE: Sep 29, 2017
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A trainee police officer was removed from duty yesterday after it was revealed he was struck off the UK teachers’ register for life for serious misconduct involving a 16-year-old schoolgirl.
Former Warwick Academy teacher Matthew McGowan, 38, was ban...
DATE: Sep 29, 2017
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Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers return home after two weeks in Turks & Caicos. (Photographs Akil Simmons)
DATE: Sep 28, 2017
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Senators unanimously voted in favour of the Real Estate Brokers’ Licensing Act 2017 yesterday.
The Act was passed by MPs in the House of Assembly on Friday and replaces legislation enacted in 1976.
Progressive Labour Party senator Vance Campbell sa...
DATE: Sep 28, 2017
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Athletes are set to team up to help raise money for hurricane relief.
The Athletes Hurricane Relief Project, championed by veteran coach Steve Burgess and Lucky Elephant Yoga, will task participants with forming teams, to support the Salvation Army’s...
DATE: Sep 28, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
