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Blind people have struggled to adapt to Covid-19 health and safety conditions, a charity said yesterday.
Vince Godber, of Vision Bermuda, said people with sight problems had been particularly hard-hit by the pandemic and many had struggled to adjust...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda Post Office staff have been praised for their hard work in the face of a global pandemic.
Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, said in a speech to mark World Post Day that the continued work of staff over the past eight months ...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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A sail training charity for young people has “sailebrated” the youngsters involved in the programme at two special events.
Endeavour Community Sailing praised the hard work of pupils from five schools after they completed the Endeavour graduate summe...
DATE: Oct 07, 2020
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The Bermuda Union of Teachers praised the profession yesterday for its hard work in the face of Covid-19 in a video created to mark World Teachers Day.
The video, presented to Education International — a global organisation made up of teaching unions...
DATE: Oct 06, 2020
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Education
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
An attempt to overturn a conviction for refusal of a breath test has been rejected by the Supreme Court.
Safiyah Talbot claimed that she had told officers she would take the test after she had spoken to her lawyer. But Puisne Judge Shade Subair Willi...
DATE: Oct 06, 2020
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
An historic terrace near the entrance to Dockyard has been delisted, it has been announced in the Official Gazette.
The notice, dated September 30 and published October 1, said that Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, had removed Albert Row f...
DATE: Oct 05, 2020
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Members of the Bermuda Public Services Union rallied in a park yesterday for a meeting on cuts to pay and conditions.
The meeting, in Victoria Park in Hamilton at noon, forced a halt to vehicle examinations at the Transport Control Department.
A spok...
DATE: Oct 03, 2020
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Budget
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
David Burt, the Premier, called for unity this morning in the wake of a landslide victory at the polls.
Surrounded by Progressive Labour Party candidates at Alaska Hall, Mr Burt praised his colleagues, the PLP team and the public for their support, b...
DATE: Oct 02, 2020
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A pilot fishing co-operative was launched yesterday.
David Burt, the Premier, said the Bermuda Triangle Fishing Co-operative would increase fishermen’s incomes and boost the market for island-caught fish.
He added that fish was a Bermudian staple, bu...
DATE: Oct 01, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teenager this morning admitted robbing a grocery store with an imitation firearm in May.
OJ Campbell, 17, from Pembroke, pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court to charges of robbery and using an imitation firearm to commit an indictable offence on May...
DATE: Oct 01, 2020
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes