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A new crop of gardeners said yesterday jobs with the parks department has changed their lives — and given them the trip of a lifetime.
The four youngsters were picked from a class of 11 that took part in the most recent Skills Development Programme a...
DATE: Jul 17, 2018
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A teenage woman died in the early hours of yesterday after a motorbike crash.
The 18-year-old was on North Shore Road in Hamilton Parish when the smash happened at around 3.30am.
A police spokesman said it appeared that the woman was “travelling east...
DATE: Jul 16, 2018
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Two young people will sail round the island after they won scholarships for a summer voyage on sail-training ship Spirit of Bermuda.
Massassi Smith and Quentin Vaucrosson were selected as this year’s recipients in awards made by the Bermuda Internati...
DATE: Jul 14, 2018
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A family who feared the closure of their farm after a lease on government land expired has been told there is no threat to it.
Richard Bascome Jr and his son, also Richard, were warned in June by the Estates Department that their agreement on seven-a...
DATE: Jul 12, 2018
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Bermuda should tackle its domestic plastic problem before it imports the material to fuel the island’s waste-to-energy plant, a Shadow Minister said last night.
Trevor Moniz, the One Bermuda Alliance spokesman on public works, said trash that blighte...
DATE: Jul 12, 2018
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Officials at an island cricket club yesterday insisted they had zero tolerance for antisocial behaviour after two men were hurt in a brawl at their ground.
They were speaking after a fight erupted in the early hours of the morning after a memorial ev...
DATE: Jul 11, 2018
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Customers who bought frozen vegetables at a Bermuda supermarket have been told to return them amid fears of a listeria outbreak.
The move came after a recall notice was issued for packets of sweetcorn and other foods after a recent outbreak of lister...
DATE: Jul 11, 2018
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A teenage boy has been missing for more than 24 hours, police said tonight.
Syhon Akinstall, of Pembroke, was last seen yesterday afternoon.
The 16-year-old is 5ft 9in, weighs 150lb and has a medium brown complexion and medium length black hair.
Berm...
DATE: Jul 11, 2018
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Bermuda’s residents already know to their cost how expensive the island is.
Now, for the fourth time, a study has claimed Hamilton is the highest-priced city in the world.
The capital, with a population of just 1,010, came top of a list compiled by N...
DATE: Jul 10, 2018
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Nearly $25,000 of travel expenses racked up by David Burt, the Premier, have now been published on the Government’s dedicated webpage.
Costs for ten foreign trips he made were added to the site after The Royal Gazette revealed ministers had been fail...
DATE: Jul 09, 2018
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