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Two young Bermudians studying journalism abroad have been picked by the English-speaking Union for the organisation’s higher education grants for this year.
The two recipients are Samantha Soares and Alisa Bernardo.
Each will get a boost of $3,500 to...
DATE: Oct 20, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police today named two men who lost their lives last week in separate road traffic fatalities as Omar Wilson and Daymon Simmons.
Mr Wilson, 47, died of injuries suffered after his motorbike was in collision with a car at Town Hill Road and Harringto...
DATE: Oct 20, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Speeding has soared in the wake of the Covid-19 lockdown, a road safety campaigner and doctor warned last night.
Joseph Froncioni, an orthopaedic surgeon, said he would “absolutely” back a return to old-fashioned deterrence with police equipped with ...
DATE: Oct 19, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Big-hearted staff at the Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute were yesterday praised by a patient inspired by a call to keep sharing kindness in the wake of Mental Health Awareness Week.
The woman, who asked not to be named, said nurses at MWI made Mother...
DATE: Oct 19, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man left quadriplegic by cerebral palsy will celebrate his 60th birthday today in the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, where he has spent most of his life and his family thanked the staff for his long-term care.
But Carla Franklin, his sister, qu...
DATE: Oct 16, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Remembrance Day commemorations to honour the sacrifice of Bermuda’s Armed Services personnel will go ahead this year despite Covid-19.
The traditional November 11 ceremony will be held with strict coronavirus precautions in force.
But the usual lunch...
DATE: Oct 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian firm hired to manage the construction of a major solar energy plant at the airport has been fired, a source said yesterday.
Noesis Consulting Limited were announced in May as the project managers for the six-megawatt solar farm on a 19 ac...
DATE: Oct 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Reality TV star and socialite Paris Hilton joined a protest held in a bid to shut down a controversial American boarding school for troubled children used by the Bermuda Government.
Ms Hilton, who spent almost a year at Provo Canyon School in Utah wh...
DATE: Oct 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Simple acts of kindness can ease the stress of an unprecedented year, the health minister said yesterday.
Kim Wilson, speaking at an event to mark last Saturday’s end of Mental Health Awareness Week, appealed to the public to continue the event’s the...
DATE: Oct 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The appointment of a Cabinet minister under fire for making “a comment I shouldn’t have” has been blasted by the Opposition.
The decision to make Rolfe Commissiong the Government Senate Leader as well as the Minister of Community Affairs and Sport, w...
DATE: Oct 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell