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A public consultation paper on the decriminalisation of cannabis has been promised by Government in its latest Throne Speech.
National Security Minister Michael Dunkley has made no secret in recent months of the need for open public dialogue on the i...
DATE: Nov 12, 2013
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Bermuda’s estimated population stood at 64,911 at the end of 2012 — an increase of 266, or 0.4 percent, over the 2011 estimate of 64,685.
The figures on births, marriages and deaths, reported by the Registry General, were tabled at the opening of Par...
DATE: Nov 12, 2013
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The Association of Filipinos in Bermuda raised more than $10,000 at a lunch held yesterday in aid of the victims of Typhoon Haiyan.
The event drew about 300 people from across the community including Governor George Fergusson and Home Affairs Ministe...
DATE: Nov 12, 2013
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A gun salute boomed at 11am as the Island’s war veterans stood at attention for the annual Remembrance Day ceremony.
Yesterday’s salute signified two minutes’ silence in recognition of Bermuda’s men and women who served in the First and Second World ...
DATE: Nov 11, 2013
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Leading lights of Bermuda’s arts world have been celebrated, along with those who helped to bring them to the centre stage.
The 2013 Awards held by the Bermuda Arts Council filled City Hall’s Earl Cameron Theatre with applause and song, as authors Pe...
DATE: Nov 10, 2013
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Berkeley Institute students marched in a show of respect for former school principal, educator and social justice campaigner Clifford Maxwell.
The funeral at St Theresa’s Cathedral in Hamilton yesterday was packed with Berkeleyites of all ages, inclu...
DATE: Nov 09, 2013
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A man caught with a twist of cocaine in his pocket has been fined $800 in Magistrates’ Court.
Troy Bremar, 44, of Beacon Hill Lane, Sandys, was searched on July 19 after police spotted a group of men behaving suspiciously in an open area along Cambri...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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A man accused of repeated cheque fraud has been remanded in custody, pending trial in Magistrates’ Court.
Jahroy Simons, 27, denied repeatedly altering cheques and cashing them at local businesses.
The Southampton resident is accused of a spree of of...
DATE: Nov 08, 2013
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A $2 million Government grant for the cash-strapped Sandys 360 centre remains “under review”, according to a Public Works spokesman.
Unable to pay its electricity bills, the West End community and sports facility was this week forced to close its doo...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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The Berkeley Institute will observe tomorrow’s funeral for former principal Clifford Maxwell with a guard of honour at the service at St Theresa’s Cathedral.
The school will toll its bell at 10am, and continue to fly its flag at half-mast. The school...
DATE: Nov 07, 2013
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