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Governor John Rankin has launched a drive to boost applications for a UK Government scholarship designed to develop leadership skills.
Mr Rankin said the Chevening Scholarship had not attracted “as many Bermudian applicants in the past as we would li...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017
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The Ministry of Education is advising that Dellwood Middle School is closing early today because of plumbing issues.
Water to the school has been shut off due to a burst water main, according to a ministry statement.
Parents and guardians are being c...
DATE: Oct 16, 2017
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The island’s Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award programme will benefit from charity pedal power next week.
Gym Court House Squash and Wellness selected the organisation for its upcoming “spinathon” fundraiser on exercise bikes.
Court House manag...
DATE: Oct 14, 2017
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The mother of a man murdered in a “senseless” stabbing yesterday backed a call from Crime Stoppers Bermuda for knife crime whistleblowers to come forward.
Belinda Ann Darrell said: “Whoever knows something, please come forward and speak up so that I ...
DATE: Oct 14, 2017
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The man jailed for his role in the brutal murder and rape of teenage tourist Rebecca Middleton has been deported from Bermuda.
Sources said Kirk Mundy was flown by private jet to his homeland Jamaica last week after more than two decades in Bermuda’s...
DATE: Oct 13, 2017
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Devonshire Recreation Club have marked a milestone with their final mortgage payment.The achievement has been held up as an example to other community clubs across the island.
Now the parish fixture, known as Devonshire Rec, are to celebrate the 17th...
DATE: Oct 12, 2017
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More buses will be on the roads after the Government lifted a hiring freeze for the Department of Public Transportation, Walter Roban, the Minister of Transport and Regulatory Affairs, said yesterday.
Mr Roban said a total of 14 maintenance positions...
DATE: Oct 12, 2017
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The 2018 Bermuda End-to-End is calling on local charities to put in their requests for support this month for next year’s big event.
The 31st annual End-to-End, sponsored by XL Catlin, is scheduled for May 5, and once again its funding focus will be ...
DATE: Oct 12, 2017
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Elusive and incurable, lupus is now diagnosed in more Bermudians than ever as methods for spotting the illness improve.
For Ronisa DeFontes, president of the Bermuda Lupus Association, the life-changing discovery of her disease three years ago came a...
DATE: Oct 11, 2017
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Fewer than half of Bermuda residents see the island as “inclusive” and 31 per cent feel uncomfortable because of their skin colour a new report has revealed.
The news comes in the Bermuda Vital Signs study for 2017, carried out by the Bermuda Communi...
DATE: Oct 10, 2017
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