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BELCO Celebrates International Women’s Day

Bermuda Electric Light Company Limited [BELCO] is recognising International Women’s Day by celebrating the women of BELCO. A spokesperson said, “BELCO is committed to creating and supporting a diverse, equitable and inclusive company culture and is focused on maintaining the highest standards of ethics and integrity in our relationships with our team, our community, our […]
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Government / News

Public Service Leadership and Officers to highlight International Women’s Day

#EmbraceEquity

With the theme this year being “Embrace Equity”, the Government of Bermuda is pleased to advise that female members of the public service will observe International Women’s Day (IWD) 2023.

A Cabinet Office spokeswoman said, “Each year on March 8, women around the world stand strong, stand proud and stand united in recognition of a day that seeks to raise awareness about the importance of gender parity and equality.”

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Bernews / News

Vessel Lost 46 Empty Shipping Containers

A Liberia-flagged container ship – traveling from Boston to the Dominican Republic – apparently lost 46 empty shipping containers overboard approximately 350nm east of Bermuda. A Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre spokesperson said, “Friday 3rd March 7:15pm – Bermuda Maritime Operations Centre was advised via email from the Merchant Vessel MSC Shristi, a container ship on passage […]
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RA Comment On Digicel/BTC Network Outage

The Regulatory Authority [RA] noted they are “aware of the island wide outage to Digicel/BTC’s fixed telephony network” — which resulted in landlines, including the 911 number, being unoperational for a few hours — and noted that Digicel/BTC “complied with the standard outage reporting requirements. ” A spokesperson said, “The RA can confirm that it is aware […]
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Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Trailblazer Awards

Premier David Burt congratulated Chlora Lindley-Myers and Cheryl Ann Lister who both received Diversity Equity and Inclusion Trailblazer Awards at the second annual Bermuda Risk Summit. ABIR CEO John Huff previously said, “As ABIR celebrates its 30th Anniversary in 2023, we wanted to recognise Chlora Lindley-Myers as the first woman of colour in 152 years […]
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