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On-the-job training and more investment in education are desperately needed to get Bermudians back to work, according to Jason Hayward, the president of the Bermuda Public Services Union.
Speaking at the Bermuda Industrial Union’s 34th Annual Labour...
DATE: Sep 08, 2015
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One of the Island’s centenarians, Doris Corbin, a longstanding organist and choir director for St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, died on Sunday at the age of 103.
A former teacher at Central Primary School, now Victor Scott Primary School, ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2015
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The family of Johnathan Darrell, whose life was claimed in a stabbing incident at Rural Hill Plaza on August 22, remembered a sociable and hard-working man “loved by everyone” at a special service over the weekend.
“My son was a lover, not a fighter ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2015
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An advocate for the homeless who ran for councillor in this year’s municipal elections has died.
Derrick Phipps, a former pensions lawyer who slipped into drug addiction and ended up living on the streets until last year, was 61 years old.
Speaking...
DATE: Sep 08, 2015
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The Ocean Vet series due to hit some of the world’s top networks next year is “just the beginning” according to the show’s Choy Aming.
Mr Aming was speaking at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute where he and his team screened excerpts from ...
DATE: Sep 08, 2015
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Twelve “Precious Gems” have completed a summer camp aimed at building their self-confidence and leadership skills.
The female students, aged between 11 and 14, took part in the Precious Gems programme run by Teen Services, and were commended at a com...
DATE: Sep 08, 2015
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Tropical Depression Grace, which was last night weakening in the Atlantic, is not considered to be a threat to Bermuda, according to the Bermuda Weather Service.
As of 6pm yesterday, Grace sat roughly 2,000 miles south-east of the Island, with maxim...
DATE: Sep 08, 2015
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The Minister of Education has extended his best wishes for success to the students who are starting the new school year today and their parents.
More than 5,000 preschool, primary, middle and high school students are attending Bermuda’s public school...
DATE: Sep 07, 2015
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A 45-year-old man was taken to hospital after his car veered off the road and into Harrington Sound.
According to a police spokesman, at around 12.45am yesterday emergency services responded to reports of a single-vehicle collision at the junction wi...
DATE: Sep 07, 2015
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A vessel that was left stranded in Mangrove Bay yesterday after its propeller got entangled in the anchor line was freed with the “kind assistance” of a Sandys Boat Club member.
The Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre (BMOC) said that at about 6.34pm...
DATE: Sep 07, 2015
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