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Bermuda Sloop Foundation executive director Denise Riviere has dubbed a service mission to poverty-stricken Haiti as a “life-changing journey”.
Earlier this month 27 young Bermudians, ages 14 to 34, embarked on the service mission to assist BSF’s par...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
Much is heard about ill-treatment of foreign domestic workers anecdotally, but what happens when employees don’t want to complain about their rights being breached? Tim Smith investigates.
What prompts someone to travel halfway round the world to wo...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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Government demonstrated “a lack of concern” for the rights of parents when it moved two popular school principals away from their posts, the Chief Justice heard yesterday.
The argument was made by the Parent Teacher Associations of TN Tatem Middle Sc...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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Education
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A 52-year-old sailor on board a cargo vessel died while en route to Bermuda for hospital treatment.
The man, who has not been identified, grew ill on the high seas after leaving Houston, Texas, last week.
The Panamanian-registered, Japanese-owned Sta...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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The Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse (CADA) has announced the start of its alcohol awareness campaign, which will be in place over the Cup Match period.
The campaign is designed to remind people not to drink and drive over the Cup Match holiday in o...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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St George’s Mayor Kenneth Bascome is mulling whether to run for Parliament in the next General Election, and expects to announce his decision within the next two weeks.
Mr Bascome told The Royal Gazette that he has been approached by the two main pol...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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Politics
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Traffic to and from St George’s ground to a halt yesterday after a lightning strike left the swing bridge stuck open.
The incident happened at around 11.30am, leading to long lines of traffic on both sides of the bridge.
A Belco spokeswoman said that...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance yesterday criticised what it described as “poor judgement and careless behaviour at the highest levels of government” in the wake of the latest report from the Public Accounts Committee.
The PAC report, which was t...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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Politics
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A former promising young athlete is facing jail after admitting to handling a gun and ammunition.
Darrion Simons, 19, was caught red handed with the Smith and Wesson pistol and five .38 calibre bullets on November 5 last year.
He pleaded guilty to t...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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Court
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A prolonged planning process for the Park Hyatt Resort has caused the project to lose a portion of its financing.
However the project is still moving forward, according to E Michael Jones, local representative for developer Carl Bazarian.
Constructio...
DATE: Jul 24, 2012
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes