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After a period of “dormancy”, the Bermuda Philharmonic Society is set to return to the stage this weekend in an effort to entertain and promote the arts.
Alison Black, the chair of the organisation, said that while the orchestra had fallen by the way...
DATE: Mar 03, 2017
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Education should be depoliticised to make it “about the children, not the adults”, according to outgoing minister Wayne Scott.
An independent entity similar to the Bermuda Tourism Authority should be considered to stop politics getting in the way of ...
DATE: Mar 03, 2017
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Michael Dunkley has reached out to Government House regarding the stateless son of one of Bermuda’s four Uighurs who is in need of medical attention overseas.
On Tuesday, this newspaper highlighted the dilemma of five-year-old Muhammad Abdulqadir who...
DATE: Mar 03, 2017
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Sarah Lagan
Expect a lengthy debate today in the House of Assembly as the Opposition delivers its response to the 2017-18 Budget delivered last week by Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance.
Mr Richards will first move the Budget book with its accompanying state...
DATE: Mar 03, 2017
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Jonathan Bell
Employees at a security firm where a female employee was sexually assaulted by her boss are subjected to “unprovoked attacks” to test their self-defence skills, a tribunal heard.
Lawyer Sara Tucker told a Human Rights Commission panel that though it ...
DATE: Mar 03, 2017
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Sam Strangeways
Four new buses that will service Bermuda residents after the America’s Cup are on order, with a provision for an additional ten vehicles in 2018, according to the Minister of Tourism, Transport and Municipalities.
Senator Michael Fahy announced the n...
DATE: Mar 03, 2017
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A man accused of the murder of Lorenzo Stovell confessed to the crime months after Mr Stovell was shot dead, a jury has been told.
Travonne Saltus is alleged to have told Troy Harris that he pulled the trigger when Mr Stovell was killed as he sat on ...
DATE: Mar 03, 2017
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Former Cabinet Minister Zane DeSilva is accused of telling six lies to the parliamentary Public Accounts Committee when it quizzed him last year about the $24.5 million refurbishment of Port Royal Golf Course.
A lawsuit filed by Attorney-General Trev...
DATE: Mar 03, 2017
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Sam Strangeways
A fire alarm at LF Wade International Airport this morning forced passengers and personnel to evacuate the terminal and delayed two flights, according to the Ministry of Tourism, Transport and Municipalities.
The cause of the alarm, which was trigge...
DATE: Mar 03, 2017
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CedarBridge Academy and Dellwood Middle School students came away with the most prizes at the Construction Association of Bermuda’s (...
DATE: Mar 03, 2017
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