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Government-run summer camps will be free for the first week of the school holiday next month, it has been confirmed.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, made the announcement in a statement yesterday.
Last week Mr Rabain said that public schoo...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A billionaire charged with tax evasion and money laundering through a web of offshore entities in Bermuda and Nevis will have to stand trial, a US judge has ruled.
Lawyers for Robert Brockman, 80, had argued that the tech tycoon was unfit to face the...
DATE: May 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Belco has repeated warnings that roadworks in Devonshire and Smith’s are expected to cause traffic disruptions throughout the summer.
According to a spokesman for energy provider Belco, trench work will start on Palmetto Road in Devonshire next Monda...
DATE: May 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An award-winning photographer has raised thousands of dollars for charity – by “making something beautiful out of something that is pretty ugly”.
Meredith Andrews was commissioned by the Bermuda National Gallery to create an exhibition highlighting ...
DATE: May 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Staff at a local insurance company are volunteering their time to help a charity that provides homes for women and their children.
Freisenbruch-Meyer employees have spent hours decorating the Transformational Living Centre for Families, which opened...
DATE: May 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Minister of Transport closed out Road Safety Week by urging motorists to “drive so that others survive”.
Lawrence Scott told MPs that the Bermuda Road Safety Council had run “a social media blitz” throughout the week “to shine a light on road saf...
DATE: May 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Shootings and knife crime have become so commonplace they are now regarded as normal, according to the Minister of National Security.
Speaking in the House of Assembly yesterday, Michael Weeks revealed that there had been 71 murders involving weapons...
DATE: May 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Controversial financial breaks for the massive $376 million revamp of the Fairmont Southampton hotel complex were passed by the Senate yesterday after a clash over constitutional procedure.
The One Bermuda Alliance attempted to table a raft of amendm...
DATE: May 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The island has recorded two more Covid-related deaths, bringing the number of fatalities from the virus to 137.
There were also 307 new cases recorded from 9,183 tests carried out in the past week, giving a positivity rate of 3.3 per cent. There have...
DATE: May 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Care for the mentally ill has been described as “dire” and “a disgrace“ by the mothers of two men who are struggling to find permanent homes.
The mothers, who have asked not to be named, said government agencies repeatedly failed to find solutions, ...
DATE: May 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan