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Clarien Bank has donated $50,000 to The Reading Clinic’s I-PLAY preschool programme that helps improve preschool literacy and reading ability.
Michael DeCouto, Clarien’s chief marketing officer, said: “Bermuda depends on a well-educated and literate...
DATE: Oct 23, 2017
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DATE: Oct 22, 2017
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DATE: Oct 22, 2017
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Immigration legislation to “protect Bermuda for Bermudians” was passed in the House of Assembly last night despite vocal opposition.
The new laws give the Bermuda Immigration and Protection Act priority over the Human Rights Act.
Walton Brown, the Mi...
DATE: Oct 21, 2017
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Plans to use quad bikes in Bermuda’s parks and on the Railway Trail need an impact assessment, environmental watchdogs said yesterday.
The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Task Force warned that environmental, economic and social factors had to ...
DATE: Oct 21, 2017
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Bermuda ranks 13th for cocaine consumption out of 115 countries, according to a survey.
The statistics showed that 1.3 per cent of Bermuda residents used the drug — more than anywhere in the Caribbean region except the Dutch territory of Aruba, whic...
DATE: Oct 21, 2017
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Junior Minister of Finance Wayne Furbert has refused to say when he will retable his Parliamentary Bill to outlaw same-sex marriage.
It is the second time Mr Furbert has dodged questions on the status of his Private Member’s Bill.
Mr Furbert said sho...
DATE: Oct 21, 2017
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As she looked down on her grandfather’s final resting place, Lyn Vaughan was overcome with emotion.
But it was not only because she had fulfilled a life’s goal by visiting the war grave of Private John McCosh Stewart.
It was also because Private Ste...
DATE: Oct 21, 2017
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A fresh bid to tackle gangs and antisocial behaviour in an island parish is to take place tonight.
The launch of Peace in Hamilton Parish comes after a wave of murders and attempted murders in the area.
Desmond Crockwell, of Youthvision Promotions, s...
DATE: Oct 21, 2017
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Sexual assault is “pervasive” in Bermuda, according to one leading island social worker.
Laurie Shiell-Smith, executive director of the Centre Against Abuse, said that the organisation began using the #MeToo campaign to “let other survivors know tha...
DATE: Oct 20, 2017
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