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Public-sector workers were told yesterday that a financial plan to help tackle the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic will save jobs.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, outlined the problems faced by the Government in an open letter to ...
DATE: Jun 23, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
A one-gun salute will tomorrow mark the reopening of the national museum and pay tribute to essential staff who have worked over the Covid-19 crisis.
Elena Strong, the museum’s executive director, said: “During our temporary closure, while we were mo...
DATE: Jun 23, 2020
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Sarah Lagan
Traffic has been diverted from South Road in Paget because of a downed wire near the Ice Queen restaurant.
A police spokesman said just before 5pm that the road had been blocked with westbound traffic diverted onto Stowe Hill and eastbound traffic ha...
DATE: Jun 23, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A tale of two sisters with very different lives is the backbone of a new book by a Bermudian author.
Unevenly Yoked is the story of Eve and Ruth, non-identical twin children of a black father and white mother who were separated while young, and their...
DATE: Jun 22, 2020
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Sarah Lagan
Bermuda could create jobs, stimulate the post-pandemic recovery and create long-term benefits for the economy by accelerating its drive towards renewable energy.
That is the view of David Gumbs, a senior consultant with the Rocky Mountain Institute, ...
DATE: Jun 22, 2020
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A US residential treatment centre will not be disciplined by state regulators after the death by suicide of a Bermudian teenager, it was reported.
West Ridge Academy, in West Jordan, Utah, was investigated by the state’s Department of Human Services’...
DATE: Jun 22, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
A charity that helps those in need by providing grocery and Belco vouchers as well as other services has seen an increase in demand for its services as a result of the Covid-19 crisis.
The Lady Cubitt Compassionate Association has given away more tha...
DATE: Jun 22, 2020
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Bermuda must tackle systemic racism in order to confront a plague of violence, a counsellor affiliated with Social Justice Bermuda said.
Juanae Crockwell was part of a group of hundreds that marched through Hamilton on June 13 in support of the globa...
DATE: Jun 22, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
The island must unite in support of young people at risk after months of the coronavirus pandemic crisis, according to the Coalition for the Protection of Children.
The charity’s executive director, Kelly Hunt, said the organisation was “deeply sadde...
DATE: Jun 22, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Endeavour Community Sailing has released its 2018/19 Impact Report highlighting the enormous difference its programmes are making in the lives of Bermuda’s young people. Endeavour Community Sailing is a nonprofit and registered charity committed to c...
DATE: Jun 22, 2020
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