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Over 2,000 Bermudians are registered at the Department of Workforce Development (DWD), a figure that fluctuates on a regular basis, but not all of the individuals on the database are unemployed.
“Some are underemployed and seeking more significant e...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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Dressed to the nines, seniors walked down the runway showing off their fashion choices in front a crowd of 600 people yesterday at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess.
The seniors’ fashion show was part of 27th annual Seniors’ Week, which was created by t...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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Ask anyone why they are volunteering for community service and they will say ‘to give back to the community’.
That happens to be exactly why I signed up to help with a Habitat for Humanity project sprucing up the old Pembroke Rest Home on Parsons Ro...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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Lawyer Jeffrey Elkinson is the new chairman of the Police Complaints Authority.
Governor George Fergusson announced the news yesterday at Government House, where he said the authority’s previously large backlog of unresolved complaints was now “negli...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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Sam Strangeways
A mural depicting five of Bermuda’s international football stars has been painted on an outside wall of the Jamaican Grill on Court Street as part of renovation, repair and beautification work aimed at improving aspects of North Hamilton.
The communi...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 34-year-old man was yesterday accused of sexually assaulting a woman at knifepoint in her car during an incident at Warwick Long Bay on Monday.
The charge put to the defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was that he sexually assaulted t...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Taxpayers will be hit with a six-figure bill after the former Government launched a doomed bid to get a legal ruling overturned.
Yesterday The Royal Gazette revealed that Government had hired a costly legal team to appeal the decisions of two indepen...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Three little libraries will be scattered across the Island in the upcoming weeks, thanks to Bermuda’s creative youth.
The libraries are part of the Design Springboard Programme, developed by The Bermuda Education Network. It is one of three programme...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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Education
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For years it remained a political hot potato that many Parliamentarians chose to avoid for fear of losing valuable votes.
But yesterday the once-controversial question of outlawing discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation overcame its fina...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A taxpayer-funded foundation set up to manage and promote Bermuda’s historic slavery sites has lost its charitable status — but neither it nor Government will say why.
The African Diaspora Heritage Trail Foundation has received at least $1.6 million ...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
