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Trailblazing footballer Clyde Best backed protesters yesterday as they prepared to demonstrate in support of the Black Lives Matter campaign tomorrow.
Mr Best, who endured racism during his professional career in England, advised people to learn from...
DATE: Jun 06, 2020
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An outdoor centre for people with special needs has announced its new executive director.
Tina Nash, one of the organisers of the Third Sector Co-ordinated Crisis Response team, has succeeded Chrissie Kempe as head of Warwick-based WindReach.
Ms Nash...
DATE: Jun 05, 2020
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Draft legislation for the legalisation of cannabis is to be put out for public consultation, the Attorney-General said last night.
Kathy Lynn Simmons unveiled proposals for medical and recreational cannabis use in the Senate last December and the vi...
DATE: Jun 04, 2020
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The island’s blue-collar union is backing rallies to protest at police brutality inflicted on black people in America.
Chris Furbert, the president of the Bermuda Industrial Union, said he was “100 per cent” behind the demonstrations, which have spre...
DATE: Jun 04, 2020
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A charity forced to put its services to the special needs community on hold is now looking at ways to reopen safely.
WindReach, based in Warwick, had to wrap up its operations and lay off most of its staff because of Covid-19, starting May 1.
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DATE: Jun 03, 2020
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Pension benefits are still being paid late to seniors — four months after the problem was revealed by The Royal Gazette.
Catherine Gregory, a Bermudian retiree who lives in the United States, said her payments had become overdue again after a one-off...
DATE: Jun 01, 2020
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The roundabout at LF Wade International Airport on Kindley Field Road will get a temporary lane closure as part of ongoing work on the new air terminal.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, said a one-lane traffic closure would ...
DATE: Jun 01, 2020
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A new culture and heritage website was launched by the Department of Community and Cultural Affairs on the eve of Bermuda Day.
The site will serve as a central point for information about events, programmes, and education.
Lovitta Foggo, the communit...
DATE: May 30, 2020
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Payouts to more than 9,000 people left out of work by the Covid-19 pandemic have topped $32 million, the finance minister said last night.
Curtis Dickinson added that $9.2 million in unemployment benefits had been paid out to 7,780 people this week a...
DATE: May 29, 2020
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The arrest of a woman prison officer at Westgate prison sparked a protest by colleagues outside Hamilton Police Station yesterday.
Prison officers walked off the job and gathered outside the Victoria Street police offices in support of their colleagu...
DATE: May 28, 2020
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