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A power cut in a residential area after a truck took out a utility pole sparked fury among residents yesterday.
One householder in Orange Valley Road, Devonshire, said that trucks should be banned from the narrow thoroughfare after a string of incide...
DATE: Oct 15, 2019
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The island’s milk has run low as a result of poor weather, but will be topped up “in short order”, according to Michael Dunkley.
Mr Dunkley, the owner of milk wholesaler Dunkley’s Dairy, said yesterday that “the supply is on its way back” of the blue...
DATE: Oct 11, 2019
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Wide-ranging union talks were held on Wednesday with David Burt, the Premier, along with several members of Cabinet.
Discussions ranged from upcoming negotiations, employee training, the impact of innovative technologies, planned revisions to Bermuda...
DATE: Oct 11, 2019
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A new headteacher has been announced for St Johnsbury Academy, an independent boarding school in northern Vermont popular with Bermudian students.
Sharon Howell, whose last post was principal at Indian Springs School in Birmingham, Alabama, will succ...
DATE: Oct 11, 2019
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Education
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A “light-hearted” family event to discuss end of life options will be held tomorrow in Warwick.
Dubbed “the Departure Lounge” and brought by the group Final Steps, the day of activities is aimed at reckoning with mortality.
Jasen Moniz, one of the gr...
DATE: Oct 11, 2019
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Sweeping changes to Bermuda’s pensions regime, including the right to cash in a chunk of a job pension on retirement, are being watched closely by the insurance industry.
The amendments, if voted into law, could have “significant repercussions for in...
DATE: Oct 10, 2019
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Walton Brown Jr, a government backbencher, former minister and longstanding member of the Progressive Labour Party, has died at the age of 59.
An activist, political observer and staunch advocate for Bermudian independence, Mr Brown, who represented ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2019
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
Ewart Brown, the former premier, has paid tribute to the Progressive Labour Party MP Walton Brown, who has died at age 59.
Dr Brown said in a statement this evening: “I have lost a cousin and a political comrade.
“Bermuda has lost a visionary who wan...
DATE: Oct 09, 2019
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Walton Brown, the late former Minister of Home Affairs and Progressive Labour Party MP, was hailed today for his positive relationship with the Bermuda Hotel Association.
Stephen Todd, the chief executive of the BHA, said the organisation had enjoyed...
DATE: Oct 09, 2019
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An historic terrace of homes outside Dockyard must either be refurbished or face the wrecking ball, according to the West End Development Corporation.
Leaving the ageing Albert Row buildings standing would be “not only unsightly but also dangerous an...
DATE: Oct 08, 2019
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