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For Bermuda’s living icon of welcome, the news that yet another statue stands in his tribute is yet another reason to be thankful.
“Amen, amen — it’s a blessing, and I thank God for it,” said Johnny Barnes, of the replica at the Guelph Collegiate Voc...
DATE: Dec 03, 2015
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Parliament’s latest session consisted largely of “housekeeping legislation”, which was covered with bipartisan support.
Business legislation will be updated with the tabling of the Corporate Service Provider Business Exemption Order, the Government A...
DATE: Nov 30, 2015
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Battle lines have been drawn over allegations of mistreatment and mismanagement at Summerhaven, but staff and residents have also rallied behind John Powell, its chairman.
Mr Powell dismissed allegations raised by Progressive Labour Party MP Glenn Bl...
DATE: Nov 30, 2015
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The public will hear updates in today’s sitting of the House of Assembly on how the Public Access to Information Act has fared in its first months in effect.
Michael Dunkley will offer details, along with the Public Access to Information Amendment Ac...
DATE: Nov 27, 2015
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An engineer’s investigation into the structural failure of Heritage Wharf revealed extensive deterioration of the dock’s thruster walls, sustained within a few years of its official opening.
Certain aspects of the wall’s design also appear to differ ...
DATE: Nov 27, 2015
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A prominent opponent of same-sex marriage has been invited to the Island by the group Concerned Citizens of Bermuda.
Ryan Anderson, who is a member of the conservative American think-tank the Heritage Foundation, lectures on the constitutional implic...
DATE: Nov 25, 2015
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The practice of restraining or drugging people with dementia is a violation of their human rights that is “absolutely, completely unacceptable”, an international advocate for those with Alzheimer’s has said.
Johan Vos, the deputy executive director o...
DATE: Nov 25, 2015
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A few students at the Bermuda High School suffered minor injuries earlier today when part of the ceiling collapsed in a classroom, according to Linda Parker, the head of school.
The fall occurred during a Year 8 English class, Ms Parker said.
“As the...
DATE: Nov 25, 2015
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Bermuda is bidding to host the annual Global Entrepreneurship Congress in 2018, the Senate heard this morning.
The GEC has been hosted by Kansas City, Dubai, Shanghai, Liverpool, Rio de Janeiro, Moscow and Milan since its creation in 2009.
“Future co...
DATE: Nov 25, 2015
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The work of the Human Rights Commission could move ahead at three times its present speed now that it can step out from under the purview of the Bermuda Government.
Michael Hanson, the HRC’s outgoing chairman who is finishing his term after three yea...
DATE: Nov 23, 2015
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