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A controversial businessman who helped to make his family’s beauty products firm into “one of the largest private companies in the United States” is to take up a diplomatic post in Bermuda, it was revealed yesterday.
The US State Department said that...
DATE: May 28, 2020
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Shoppers received surprise gifts of grocery vouchers outside supermarkets yesterday after a sponsor of the island’s oldest road race forked out $10,000 to fund the scheme.
Dental practice Kerin Oral Care celebrated its tenth anniversary by joining fo...
DATE: May 26, 2020
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Women were asked to get dressed up for a charity event that will this year bring them together online instead for the traditional relay race.
Organisers of the annual You Go Girl fun run said they hoped lots of people would take part in next month’s ...
DATE: May 25, 2020
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Domestic violence needs to become a bigger part of community conversation, a counsellor said yesterday.
Tina Laws, the founder of coaching company Under Konstruction, explained that everyone can play a part in dealing with the problem.
She said: “One...
DATE: May 25, 2020
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Residents have been invited to join a virtual round table talk hosted by the Progressive Labour Party’s Women’s Caucus.
Panel members will discuss the “new normal in the face of Covid-19”.
Topics are expected to include domestic violence and striking...
DATE: May 22, 2020
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Reports of domestic incidents including verbal attacks more than doubled during lockdown compared with the previous month, police data showed.
In April, the Bermuda Police Service recorded 81 domestic incidents after 35 cases in March.
A spokesman ex...
DATE: May 20, 2020
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An enhanced second phase of a return to normal life could start before next weekend, the Premier signalled yesterday.
David Burt said that a special sitting of the Cabinet will be held tomorrow to map out what will be included in the next stage.
He ...
DATE: May 16, 2020
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A reward of up to $3,000 was offered yesterday for information that will help to find a missing young mother.
Crime Stoppers said that Chavelle Dillon-Burgess’s family and friends had been “torn apart over the last month” while her whereabouts were u...
DATE: May 15, 2020
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Dock-workers will enjoy takeout meals for the next five weeks as a thank you for their efforts over the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Bermuda Sailors’ Home said it wanted to recognise stevedores for “working tirelessly ... day and night to provide Bermuda w...
DATE: May 13, 2020
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Police issued a fresh appeal yesterday to friends of a missing young mother after her “suspicious” disappearance.
Officers said it was unlike Chavelle Dillon-Burgess — whose 27th birthday is today — to be away from her “pride and joy” toddler son for...
DATE: May 12, 2020
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