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Workers’ rights will come under the spotlight at a public forum taking place tomorrow.
The Committee for Migrant Workers is hosting the session at the Bermuda Industrial Union’s headquarters in Hamilton, from 5.30pm to 7pm.
Panelists include Catholi...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
A charity director claims the Island’s potential pensions crisis could be eased at almost no cost simply by adding a word to the Human Rights Act.
James McCulloch, treasurer of Age Concern, says it is “high time” discrimination on the grounds of age ...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Sam Strangeways
Government’s decision to reverse the route for this year’s Bermuda Day parade has been labelled “unfair“ by drum corps instructor Terry Flood
“If something isn’t broken, why fix it?” said Mr Flood.
He said the traditional Bernard Park finish made be...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
The Ministry of Public Works is seeking to install a temporary waste water treatment facility on Marsh Folly Road.
The HiPAF Compact treatment plant is said to be both small and temporary, and would be installed near the junction of Marsh Folly Road ...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Devonshire man says he narrowly avoided a disaster after the car he’d just been driving burst into flames.
Truneh Flood, who lives at Crown Hill Lane, near Dock Hill, had parked his friend’s Hyundai Getz outside his home in the early hours of April...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Ten-year-old gardener Hayley Raynor has helped to grow a bumper crop of beets, including one that weighs in at a colossal 10.5lbs.
She and her grandfather, Eldon Raynor Sr, worked together to grow the beets, several of which tipped the scales at arou...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
The difficult economic conditions in Bermuda have led to an increase in the number of borrowers who are defaulting on their obligations to repay loans from the Island’s banks, or other lenders.
This increase has led to banks or other lenders taking s...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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A charity dinner promoting environmental awareness is to be hosted by the Roman Catholic Church.
The ‘Rich Person Poor Person Dinner’ is a lottery event. Guests will receive either a ‘rich’ or a ‘poor’ meal although both will get the same dessert.
“T...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
WASHINGTON (AP) Osama bin Laden, the face of global terrorism and architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was killed in a firefight with elite American forces today then quickly buried at sea in a stunning finale to a furtive decade on the run.
Lon...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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A mother whose young daughter fell prey to a sex attack while playing in their yard is calling for a sexual offenders’ register to be made public.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said she was surprised to find there is no website l...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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