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The families of Bermuda’s Uighur refugees are in need of help with English lessons, according to Amnesty International Bermuda.
The four men, brought to Bermuda four years ago from the US prison camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, now have young children, ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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Bermuda needs to relax its immigration policies and vastly improve the education level of locals if it is to remain competitive in the global job market, according to employment expert Doug Soares.
He told Hamilton Rotarians that the Island needed to...
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Government hopes to build “a more inclusive Bermuda” through drafting a National Gender Policy aimed at “removing impediments and barriers wherever they exist”.
Announced in the Throne Speech, a National Gender Policy “will establish a framework for ...
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A 20-foot shipping container and a truck were filled with old, worn out electronics collected during the latest e-Waste Recycling Day, which has been hailed a success by the Waste Management Department.
Items accepted last Saturday included anything ...
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A search for 18th century Bermuda sloop shipwrecks in the Turks and Caicos islands is being undertaken by a consortium involving the Bermuda Sloop Foundation and the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute.
Led by Dr Michael Jarvis — author of ‘In t...
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Ombudsman Arlene Brock said today she was giving members of the Corporation of Hamilton longer than usual to respond to “adverse comments” made about them during her ongoing investigation into City Hall governance.
Ms Brock said in a statement that h...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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A town hall meeting billed as a fight to save the Lamb Foggo Urgent Care Centre has been called by Lovitta Foggo, Progressive Labour Party MP for St David’s.
Bermuda Hospitals Board has announced it intends to close down the East End medical facility...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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A Bermudian teen is a performance away from singing at London’s O2 Arena as part of the 2013 UK Open Mic competition.
Lucy Rose Petty, 13, has already made it through the audition and regional rounds of the national competition with her original song...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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Deadbeat dads who refuse to pay child support could face travel restrictions, according to Minister of Community, Culture and Sports Wayne Scott.
Mr Scott said that Government is still discussing “creative solutions” for those who fail to pay child m...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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The mother of a 25-year-old heroin addict who died last year has been told it was not a drug overdose which killed him.
Lynn Spencer, whose son Christopher collapsed on October 27, 2012, received a call from Coroner’s officer Travis Powell on Thursda...
DATE: Nov 13, 2013
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