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Immigration legislation to be debated next week is only the first step, a town hall meeting was told last night.
Colin Anderson, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of National Security, told an audience of about 30 people that the Bill was focus...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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The AXA End-to-End charity walk will feature an all-new event this year, and make a bigger cash donation to a school.
This year’s event will feature an End-to-Middle walk from St George’s to Hamilton in addition to the End-to-End and Middle-to-End, b...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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The hero owner of a scooter showroom slammed an armed robber to the ground and forced him to flee empty-handed.
Nick Thomson, who runs ScooterMart on Lovers Lane, in Paget, said he took on the raider, who appeared to have a handgun, after he saw him ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2020
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A farmer has urged the Government to ban importation of a controversial weedkiller over health and environmental concerns.
Tom Wadson, of Wadson’s Farm, said it was “morally wrong” to allow glyphosate-based weedkiller, the most common of which is Ro...
DATE: Mar 11, 2020
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CedarBridge Academy planted a trio of Bermuda cedars today in honour of three women who made significant contributions to the school.
Kalmar Richards, Rosemary Matthews and Devina Butterfield were each honoured in the ceremony, held in the spirit of ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2020
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Proposed legislation to tackle problems faced by mixed-status families is a step forward, a human rights lawyer has said.
Peter Sanderson, who has represented several people in immigration and human rights cases, said the Government deserved credit f...
DATE: Mar 09, 2020
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A tow truck caught fire in Hamilton yesterday.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service said it received a call about a vehicle fire at the junction of King Street and Elliot Street at 6.20am.
The spokesman said: “One appliance responded f...
DATE: Mar 09, 2020
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Police are looking into the sudden death of a man at a Sandys home yesterday afternoon.
A police spokesman said the body was found at around 2pm.
He added: “An on-call doctor visited the scene and pronounced the man dead at around 3.20pm.
“No furthe...
DATE: Mar 07, 2020
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MPs yesterday paid tribute to late trade unionist Glen Simmons as a warrior for social justice.
Jason Hayward, a former president of the Bermuda Public Service Union, said Mr Simmons was always on the front line when issues of social justice were on ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2020
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Defendants waited nearly twice as long to have their cases heard in the Supreme Court last year compared with 2018.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons said in the annual report of the judiciary, a lack of court space and trial judges had caused the wa...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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