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The Water Safety Council has called for mandatory competence tests for boaters.
And the Road Safety Council wants to see the same regulations that govern auxiliary cycles applied to electric pedal cycles, saying riders can reach speeds of 50kph and ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A group of women are better equipped for the world of work after they took part in a programme designed to boost their skills and self-esteem.
The group was the first to take part in the Transformational Support Services programme, run by the Women’s...
DATE: Dec 15, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Bermudian journalist who broke racial barriers in Bermuda and overseas is to be inducted into the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s Hall of Fame next month.
Ernest Tucker, the first black reporter at The Royal Gazette, who died last year aged 87,...
DATE: Nov 17, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Salvation Army food banks have served 2,000 more people this year than they did in the first nine months of last year — and expect to serve more.
Major Sandra Stokes, the divisional commander and divisional director of women’s ministries, said yester...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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The executive chairman of the Bermuda Monetary Authority is among four Bermudians who have been honoured in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Jeremy Cox has been appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to the economy of...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
One of Bermuda’s top singers, a band leader who scored a hit on the United States Billboard charts, has died.
June Ventzos, who shot to fame locally as the leader of the band Paradise, was 61.
She then forged the group Voyeur with Grant Williams; tog...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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About 100 Port Royal Primary School students took to the street yesterday morning to remind people to be kind to each other.
The children waved posters they had made encouraging kindness as part of Mental Health Awareness Week, which this year carrie...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Blind people have struggled to adapt to Covid-19 health and safety conditions, a charity said yesterday.
Vince Godber, of Vision Bermuda, said people with sight problems had been particularly hard-hit by the pandemic and many had struggled to adjust...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda Post Office staff have been praised for their hard work in the face of a global pandemic.
Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, said in a speech to mark World Post Day that the continued work of staff over the past eight months ...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The police commissioner today made a renewed plea for someone to step forward and tell what they know about the disappearance of Chavelle Dillon-Burgess.
Stephen Corbishley said: “It’s been just about six months since Chavelle was last seen. Six mont...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall