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The first president of the Bermuda Trade Union Congress has said that improving domestic health services would be an important factor in achieving affordable, accessible healthcare on the island.
Betty Christopher, who headed the union from 1998 to ...
DATE: May 02, 2018
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Sarah Lagan
People are invited to watch students battle it out at an IT quiz.
Pembroke Rotary Club is hosting the event at the Mount Saint Agnes auditorium tomorrow, at 6.30pm.
Pupils from Somersfield Academy, Mount Saint Agnes, CedarBridge Academy, Saltus Gramm...
DATE: May 02, 2018
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About 100 soldiers from the Royal Bermuda Regiment have started a one week on-island camp.
The troops will train at Warwick Camp this week instead of the traditional overseas exercise.
Their ranks from infantry soldiers from A Company, to signallers ...
DATE: May 02, 2018
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Post offices will close tomorrow at 1pm for a mandatory staff meeting to hear of “proposed plans for the evolution of services” from Lovitta Foggo, the government reform minister.
The main office and all sub offices will resume service at regular hou...
DATE: May 02, 2018
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Ross Webber, the chief executive officer of the Bermuda Business Development Agency, has been placed on administrative leave. The reason for the decision has not been made public.
The BDA, and its chairman Paul Scope, declined to elaborate on the mov...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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Tributes have been paid in Parliament to Eunice Butterfield, a “matriarch of St George’s” and beautician for generations in the East End.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Government Reform, said that Ms Butterfield, who died last month at the age of 93...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
A truck driver was taken to hospital yesterday after his vehicle crashed through a wall and down an embankment.
The victim’s injuries were not believed to be life-threatening after the incident on Harrington Sound Road, near the junction with Quarry ...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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Sarah Lagan
Flora Duffy and Clarance “Nicky” Saunders got a heroes’ welcome from thousands of supporters yesterday.
Crowds came out in force for a motorcade through Hamilton to mark their gold medals at the Commonwealth Games — 28 years apart.
Duffy, who won gol...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Young Flora Duffy was not the fastest runner, her former PE teacher revealed yesterday.
But Mark Thorne, head of physical education at Warwick Academy, said the teenage athlete was dedicated and focused — although he admitted he never dreamt she was ...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Flora Duffy’s parents received a spontaneous standing ovation on Front Street after the athlete romped home in the World Triathlon Bermuda at the weekend.
Maria, Duffy’s mother, said: “We were walking back to the car and as we walked past Port O Call...
DATE: May 01, 2018
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