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Elijah Cummings, Baltimore Congressman and “friend of Bermuda”, has died at the age of 68.
The congressman died at Johns Hopkins Hospital from “complications concerning longstanding health challenges” yesterday.
Ewart Brown, former Premier, said: “El...
DATE: Oct 18, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
These scenarios are examples of real-life experiences of people who have sought the assistance of the Centre Against Abuse.
• “On many occasions I would spend my lunch hour with a friend of mine.
“I usually disregarded his sexual remarks although at...
DATE: Oct 18, 2019
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The City of Hamilton advises the public that a raised speed bump will be installed over the weekend at the corner of Union Street and Victoria Street, in line with Joell’s Alley.
The installation was brought about after numerous safety concerns from ...
DATE: Oct 18, 2019
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A major shift in mindset is needed to help encourage more victims of sexual assault to report incidents, the leader of a charity said yesterday.
Laurie Shiell-Smith, the executive director of the Centre Against Abuse, explained survivors were often a...
DATE: Oct 18, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
In September, BE Solar pledged to donate $20 per solar panel sold towards Hurricane Dorian relief efforts in the Bahamas. Over the course of the month, 109 solar panels were sold to clients in Bermuda. These solar panels will offset the consumption o...
DATE: Oct 18, 2019
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Information Commissioner Gitanjali Gutierrez formally announced the recipients of the Information Commissioner’s Award 2019 for Information Officers. This is the first year for the Information Commissioner’s Award, which will be presented annually du...
DATE: Oct 18, 2019
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A charity set up to feed the hungry yesterday thanked the public for its support after last month’s Hurricane Humberto knocked out power and ruined its stocks of frozen food.
The Eliza DoLittle Society was forced to shut down on a temporary basis aft...
DATE: Oct 18, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda International Film Festival (BIFF) is to screen a documentary about opera legend Luciano Pavarotti at its monthly film series, BIFFFlix.
Directed by Academy Award® winner Ron Howard, the riveting film is
an in-depth, no-holds-barred look...
DATE: Oct 18, 2019
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Point House Mural Project at Albuoy's Point (Photographs by Akil Simmons)
DATE: Oct 17, 2019
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A former resident of under-threat historic Dockyard houses pleaded for their preservation yesterday.
Roger Bendall, who now lives more than 10,000 miles away in Sydney, Australia, said the crumbling Victorian-era terraced homes in Albert Row should b...
DATE: Oct 17, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
