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A former Bermuda pastor who is to play a major role at week’s US presidential inauguration said the island played a key part in shaping his career.
The Reverend Silvester Beaman, who served at St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Hamilton f...
DATE: Jan 16, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The leader of an anti-substance abuse charity said it hoped to raise hundreds of thousands of dollars a year to help the organisation expand.
Leslie Grant, the executive director of Focus Counselling Services, added there were plans for building proj...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Men who struggled with substance abuse problems have revealed how a charity had helped them make positive changes in their lives.
Clients of Focus Counselling Services said the organisation’s programmes supported their paths to recovery.
One, whose ...
DATE: Jan 15, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An “influential asset” to the growth of St John Ambulance Bermuda has been promoted to the position of Commissioner.
Jeffrey Borges was Deputy Commissioner at the charity before his latest appointment.
A spokeswoman said: “Mr Borges joined St John Am...
DATE: Jan 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The US Consul General will leave his post in Bermuda after just six months, he said yesterday.
Lee Rizzuto’s appointment will end when the new Democratic administration in the United States is sworn in next week.
Joe Biden will take over as President...
DATE: Jan 14, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police have named the man who died in a crash earlier this week.
O’Dean Phillips lost his life after a he was involved in a motorcycle crash at about 1am on Monday.
The 35-year-old was found unconscious on North Shore Road, Devonshire, near Terceira’...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Flights between Bermuda and the Azores will be able to carry more than 180 passengers, operators have said.
SATA Azores Airlines confirmed its plans for the weekly service to run this summer.
A spokesman said that the route, from Ponta Delgada on São...
DATE: Jan 09, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An arrest has been made after police reopened an investigation into the case of a baby who suffered a serious head injury in 2018, The Royal Gazette has learned.
The child, then aged one, was flown overseas for medical treatment after he was at firs...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A lack of preparation and a failure to connect with voters led to the One Bermuda Alliance’s overwhelming defeat at the last General Election, the party’s leader admitted yesterday.
But Cole Simons, who took the reins about a month after the October ...
DATE: Jan 08, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police yesterday named a man who died after a crash on Monday.
Oronde Wilson Jr, 28, was the first road fatality of the year.
A police spokesman said that the man suffered serious injuries after his motorbike crashed on Middle Road in Southampton.
Th...
DATE: Jan 06, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter