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New Anglican Bishop of Bermuda Patrick White wants the church to team up with charities to help people in need as the global economic crisis hits the Island.
Bishop White was consecrated at the Cathedral in a two-hour ceremony led by the Archbishop o...
DATE: Jan 26, 2009
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Speakers from the United States, the UK and Canada will be at the Centre on Philanthropy's second biennial third sector conference 'The Power of One' next month.
Workshops will focus on fund-raising, governance, grant-making, strategic planning and m...
DATE: Jan 26, 2009
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People are more resentful about race in Bermuda now than they were half a century ago when blacks were discriminated against in theatres, restaurants, hotels and schools.
That is the opinion of 90-year-old former civil rights activist Georgine Hill, ...
DATE: Jan 26, 2009
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Government will stand up for expat workers who feel they are being shortchanged, the Labour Minister has said.
Senator David Burch urged those who feel they are being unfairly treated by employers to contact either the Department of Labour and Traini...
DATE: Jan 26, 2009
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As we prepare to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1959 Theatre Boycott which started a domino effect of social change including desegregation of theatres, restaurants and hotels, The Royal Gazette spoke to Georgine Hill about her role in the pro...
DATE: Jan 26, 2009
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Thieves stole cash and personal items after breaking into a business on Church Street, in Hamilton, on Thursday.
Also on Thursday someone broke into a home on Ducks Puddle Drive, in Hamilton Parish, and stole a bottle of Swizzle and a bottle of Gosli...
DATE: Jan 26, 2009
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Government backbencher Walter Lister has said he is certain the parliamentary committee which scrutinises public spending will soon stop meeting in secret.
The veteran PLP MP, who sits on the Public Accounts Committee (PAC), told The Royal Gazette: "...
DATE: Jan 26, 2009
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Government is still undecided on whether to introduce unemployment insurance – as the recession begins to bite.
The idea was first put on the table in 2002 by then Finance Minister Eugene Cox, and two years later $1 million seed money was set aside f...
DATE: Jan 26, 2009
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More than a century after slavery was abolished in Bermuda, white privilege lived on in the form of segregation in hotels, theatres, restaurants and schools.
Dissatisfaction was shown from time to time, including Georgine Hill's picketing of Bermudia...
DATE: Jan 26, 2009
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A great-grandfather has launched his own trade union — and hopes at least 100 people will sign up as members.
Community activist Raymond Russell, well known in Bermuda for taking up the cause of the underdog, says Our Civil Rights Union (OCRU) is ope...
DATE: Jan 26, 2009
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