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The Royal Bermuda Regiment is on the hunt for new recruits to sign up for the country’s first Coast Guard.
A total of nine full-time posts are available — four boatswain’s mates, four marine enforcement specialists and one maritime unit commander.
Ma...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A fake website claiming to offer a gift card giveaway from The MarketPlace supermarket chain is a scam, police warned.
The site has been “deceiving residents with an alleged $250 gift card giveaway to celebrate an unspecified upcoming anniversary”, ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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Crime
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Jonathan Bell
A dramatic moment in Bermuda’s history in which a group of enslaved ship passengers won their freedom is up on display at the Bermuda National Library.
The exhibit commemorates a 19th-century court case after the American ship Enterprise reached Berm...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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A young man’s account of his descent into crime and the hard lessons brought back was unveiled to the public this week.
Kellan Lewis, 28, told an audience at the Bermuda National Library on Wednesday night: “The purpose of this book is to bring chang...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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Police raised the alarm over another fraudulent supermarket website soliciting credit card details and other personal information, a day after issuing a similar warning over a fake MarketPlace site.
The Lindo’s Group of Companies website has been ta...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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Crime
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Jonathan Bell
An appeal on “some points” of a Supreme Court ruling in favour of the Prison Officers Association against a Labour Disputes Tribunal is to be lodged, the Government said yesterday.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said that the Govern...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
The pluses and pitfalls of life online are the focus of a conference, running tomorrow and Friday, with 800 middle and high school students invited to attend.
Brought by the Bermuda Government’s Department of ICT Policy and Innovation, the third annu...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Plumes of smoke from Belco’s North Power Plant were caused by tests run on its new generators, the company said yesterday.
A spokesman for Ascendant Group, the parent company of the electricity producer, said that tests had twice caused “brief discha...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
The One Bermuda Alliance challenged whether David Burt misled the House of Assembly on Friday night.
The Premier accused the pressure group Patients 1st, which opposes the Government’s health plan 2020, of being “run by the insurance companies”.
The ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
David Burt told an audience of about 85 young residents that he wanted a “smaller, more intimate” space to talk about his government and its priorities.
More than 500 watched last night’s online forum, aired by the social-media group Bermemes, as the...
DATE: Feb 19, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell