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The struggle for equality endured by Bermuda’s pioneering female police officers was acknowledged in a ceremony.
The tribute on Saturday was organised by retired officer Tracey Armstrong to “recognise all the police women who have broken the glass ce...
DATE: Jun 03, 2019
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A series of bus routes were called off this afternoon, including school routes.
Affected schools include CedarBridge Academy and the Berkeley Institute.
According to the Government’s website, linked here, 44 routes were cancelled.
The move comes to a...
DATE: Jun 03, 2019
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The Member of Parliament in charge of a committee set up to save Government cash and improve efficiency was paid $5,000 a month for a year, the House of Assembly heard yesterday.
Wayne Furbert, made the Cabinet Office minister in April after a stint ...
DATE: Jun 01, 2019
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Industrial action launched by bus drivers on Thursday is likely to be resolved early next week, the transport minister said yesterday.
Zane DeSilva was speaking after bus drivers voted for a work to rule after a midweek meeting at the Bermuda Industr...
DATE: Jun 01, 2019
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The Government could take over land to grant public access to a beach cut off by private property, the public works minister said yesterday.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said the Government would step in over a long-running controversy at Gibbet Is...
DATE: Jun 01, 2019
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Aquarium staff in Bermuda and the United States are celebrating the successful release into the wild of Lou-Seal, the first grey seal found stranded on the island.
After six weeks of care at the Mystic Aquarium in Connecticut, the healthy female was ...
DATE: May 31, 2019
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A motion to raise the retirement age goes up for debate today in the House of Assembly.
Legislators heard on May 10 about plans to increase the retirement and pensionable age at the same time from 65 to 70 over a ten-year period, with the retirement ...
DATE: May 31, 2019
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Poetry and song return to the stage tonight at the Ruth Seaton James Centre for the Performing Arts, when student artists present the neo soul café Loud Souls 2.
Patricia Nesbitt, a drama teacher at CedarBridge Academy, said that a production a year...
DATE: May 31, 2019
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A public forum tonight with Alex Scott, the former premier, will explore the Pitt Commission that investigated Bermuda’s inequalities in the wake of riots that gripped the island in 1977.
Mr Scott was one of the members of the Royal Commission, estab...
DATE: May 30, 2019
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A prison inmate is to be charged with assault after an attack on an officer at Westgate.
According to a Ministry of National Security spokesman, the officer was “executing his duties” when he was assaulted on Monday.
The prison’s duress system was ac...
DATE: May 30, 2019
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