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Figures showing large gaps between the earnings of blacks and whites have angered many. In the third part of a series looking at the wealth gap between white and black residents, Matthew Taylor talks with Bermuda Public Services Union leader Ed Ball,...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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High school students will have the chance to compete for a spot to represent Bermuda at the United Nations.
Students will be invited to explain why they should be selected for the New York trip at the Bermuda Youth Harvesting Conference this week.
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DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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Government will bring back HIP health insurance for seniors ineligible for the first phase of FutureCare, it was announced this morning.
Health Minister Walter Roban said Government would be tabling amendments to legislation in the next parliamentary...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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The Queen is to visit Bermuda to commemorate the Island’s 400th anniversary, it was announced this afternoon.
She will be accompanied by the Duke of Edinburgh and will come to the Island from November 24 to 26. Afterwards, the Queen will visit Trinid...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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A man had a lucky escape yesterday after his car caught fire and 'exploded'.
Rush hour traffic ground to a halt just before 9 a.m. after a blue Peugeot burst into flames at the junction of Spurling Hill and East Broadway.
The driver of the car, Kevin...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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The thorny topic of why four Guantánamo Bay prisoners were brought to Bermuda without Britain's permission could well be on the agenda when Premier Ewart Brown visits England next week.
Dr. Brown and Cabinet Secretary Marc Telemaque are travelling to...
DATE: Sep 23, 2009
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A Bermudian motivational speaker has been honoured as a hero by the New York City Council.
Dennis Rahiim Watson, CEO and President of the National Youth and Gang Violence Task Force, was honoured on September 11 for his efforts to combat gang violenc...
DATE: Sep 22, 2009
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman who developed meningitis and brain lesions due to mould toxicity is setting up a support group in Bermuda for fellow sufferers.
Raquel Burgesson told The Royal Gazette that far too little was known on the Island about the health problems trig...
DATE: Sep 22, 2009
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Sam Strangeways
Bermuda's Islamic community joined people around the world celebrating the end of Ramadan yesterday.
Premier Ewart Brown issued a statement in honour of Eid ul-Fitr, marking the end of a month of daytime fasting.
The statement was read by Government ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2009
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
If dissenting MPs quit their parties and become independents Bermuda's House of Assembly will become a far more effective place, according to community activist Eva Hodgson.
Dr. Hodgson said party politics gets in the way of decision making in many d...
DATE: Sep 22, 2009
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