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A Bermudian student has become the first to receive a full scholarship pledged by two businessmen looking to invest in the island’s young talent.
Katherine Grainge is attending the University of St Andrews in Scotland thanks to the donation from Chri...
DATE: Oct 21, 2020
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A special office on Court Street designed to give local people a place to bring its concerns about business and safety in the area is planned, the Bermuda Economic Development Corporation revealed tonight.
Donte Hunt, the BEDC’s micro, small and me...
DATE: Oct 20, 2020
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A teenager was found safe and well this morning after he was reported missing.
The Bermuda Police Service thanked members of the public for their help to find 16 year-old Noldre Brown,.
The young man was reported missing yesterday.
DATE: Oct 20, 2020
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Almost $57 million was paid by the Government in assistance to more than 10,000 unemployed residents as the Covid-19 pandemic hit the island’s workforce this year.
Jason Hayward, the labour minister, revealed a sharp drop in numbers for further bene...
DATE: Oct 20, 2020
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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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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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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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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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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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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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