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The national security minister waxed lyrical over a plea for beauty salons to extend their range of services despite restrictions forced by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Wayne Caines said he had been bombarded by requests, from the public and businesses, fo...
DATE: Jun 10, 2020
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A statue in an English home town of the man who claimed Bermuda for Britain was targeted as antiracism protests were held across the UK over the weekend.
An information plaque next to the likeness of Admiral Sir George Somers in Lyme Regis, Dorset, h...
DATE: Jun 10, 2020
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The Attorney-General said tonight she was “encouraged” by the response to a request for public views on changes to the laws on cannabis.
Kathy Lynn Simmons added responses, which can be made online until July 3, would help create a cannabis regime ta...
DATE: Jun 10, 2020
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A grassroots racial justice movement has dropped a planned boycott of supermarkets in favour of an alternative proposal to boost black-owned businesses.
Black Lives Bermuda admitted they got a “mixed” reception after they called on supporters to avoi...
DATE: Jun 09, 2020
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The thousands of protesters who took to the streets in support of the Black Lives Matter movement was “a powerful moment”, the Premier said last night.
David Burt promised legislation to tackle racial inequalities in employment and the island’s crimi...
DATE: Jun 09, 2020
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Police addressed the murder investigation into a missing woman, Chavelle Dillon-Burgess, who has not been seen since April.
Stephen Corbishley, the Commissioner of Police, spoke yesterday after Black Lives Matter demonstrators paused for a moment of ...
DATE: Jun 08, 2020
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Bermuda’s biggest gathering in recent memory, which echoed Black Lives Matter demonstrations around the world, took both its organisers by surprise.
Dynera Bean, 24, and Jasmine Brangman, 29, brought out more than 7,000 protesters through social medi...
DATE: Jun 08, 2020
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Police will channel the public mood into community outreach in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protest yesterday, police commissioner Stephen Corbishley said.
Speaking after the march, which brought more than 7,000 people onto the streets of Hamil...
DATE: Jun 08, 2020
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A sea of peaceful demonstrators marched through Hamilton yesterday in a mass show of support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
The protest swelled to about 7,000, making it the largest such gathering ever seen in the community, according to police...
DATE: Jun 08, 2020
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A police officer was suspended pending an internal investigation into a social-media post over the weekend.
The officer sparked fury across the community by posting a meme of a car driving over stick figures, with the words “All Lives Splatter. Nobod...
DATE: Jun 08, 2020
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