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Plans to build a gazebo and improve access for seniors and the disabled at Shelly Bay Beach were welcomed by residents last night.
The proposed scheme would include “water wheelchairs” and removable non-slip mats that reach the water.
About 60 people...
DATE: Apr 12, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than 30 students and volunteers learnt about one of the island’s national parks while they gave it a facelift.
A group from the Mirrors Programme joined members of the Hamilton Lions Club for a clean-up at Southlands Estate in Warwick.
Their goa...
DATE: Apr 12, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An investigation was launched after vape pens were reportedly sold at a middle school and high school, the Commissioner of Education confirmed last night.
Kalmar Richards said a number of agencies were involved in the inquiries that focused on Dellwo...
DATE: Apr 11, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Users of Bermuda’s air freight terminal were advised by the customs department yesterday that it will close at lunchtime.
A government spokesman said that from Monday, and until further notice, the terminal would shut every day between 12.30pm and 1....
DATE: Apr 11, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A spin doctor for the crisis-hit public schools system is to be appointed, it has been revealed.
The post-holder will be expected to use social media and podcasts to tell people about the work of the Government’s education department.
The education m...
DATE: Apr 11, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A man was stabbed and another was slashed by a broken bottle in separate incidents that happened at a sports club over the weekend, police said last night.
Detectives were investigating the attacks that happened two days apart at Southampton Rangers ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An American reform school where boys from Bermuda were sent for more than 35 years has been shut down for mistreatment and abuse of children.
Glen Mills Schools in Pennsylvania was told by state authorities there had been a string of violations of re...
DATE: Apr 10, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A woman’s three children were separated and sent overseas to a string of different institutions for up to seven years without any legal representation, she has revealed.
The mother said the Department of Child and Family Services wanted to place the ...
DATE: Apr 10, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A woman sent overseas for residential care when she was aged just 12 said the move felt like a punishment and left her unprepared for adult life back home.
She explained that her only childhood problems were emotional and that she was “tricked” on to...
DATE: Apr 10, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Charity leaders believe they have found a property that could house “invisible” homeless families, it was revealed yesterday.
Habitat for Humanity of Bermuda and the Women’s Resource Centre said their project would also provide mothers with support a...
DATE: Apr 09, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter