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More than 12,000 have already signed a petition calling on world leaders to end modern day slavery.
And the human rights charity behind the protest launched at the start of the year today urged Bermuda to follow their example and significantly boost ...
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I call for measures that will enable individuals, governments and the wider public to:Understand the Transatlantic Slave TradeMeasures should be taken to ensure a greater understanding of the Transatlantic Slave Trade, its abolition and the impact it...
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The MP who played a pivotal role in the abolition of slavery in the British Empire was born in England in 1759.
The son of a wealthy merchant, he became an MP for Hull, a city on the east cost of England, at the age of 21, before emerging as parliame...
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Two men have been arrested after a man was knocked out in a fight outside a Hamilton nightclub.
Revellers alerted patrol Police to an injured man lying outside Splash, Bermudiana Road, in the early hours of Saturday.
Police said the victim, a 26-year...
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Stereotypes that civil servants live an easy nine to five life are common ? and it?s a view that Mr. Drinkwater confessed he once held himself until a rude awakening.
But he said his 23 years in the civil service have seen rising levels of commitment...
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As former military man, who did a stint in civil-war torn Northern Ireland, you might have thought John Drinkwater would have found civil service life a tad mundane.
But Mr. Drinkwater, who retired as Cabinet Secretary last month, has clearly relishe...
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A Delta flight with 160 passengers had to be diverted to Bermuda yesterday when one of its two engines stopped working.
The 757 flight was en route from New York to Santo Domingo when the left engine went down 320 miles off Bermuda.
It landed shortly...
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Stereotypes that civil servants live an easy nine to five life are common — and it’s a view that Mr. Drinkwater confessed he once held himself until a rude awakening.
But he said his 23 years in the civil service have seen rising levels of commitment...
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Two men have been arrested after a man was knocked out in a fight outside a Hamilton nightclub.
Revellers alerted patrol Police to an injured man lying outside Splash, Bermudiana Road, in the early hours of Saturday.
Police said the victim, a 26-year...
DATE: Dec 04, 2006
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United Bermuda Party MP Suzann Roberts-Holshouser gave her support to the act but called for a study into the welfare of children in the adoptive system.
She said: "Every child deserves to be loved. That's one of the reasons why we need to take a loo...
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