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Pembroke resident Rodericka Pitcher, for whom the community often rallied over the years of her battle with cancer, has passed away at the age of 30.
Ms Pitcher came to public attention in 1998, when she developed bone cancer at the age of 15, while ...
DATE: Jul 11, 2013
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Megan Bower is officially one of the brightest teenagers in the world.
The Bermuda High School head girl scored 44 out of a possible 45 points on her International Baccalaureate exams, putting her in the top 0.5 percent for IB students worldwide.
Her...
DATE: Jul 10, 2013
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The grades came in this weekend for Warwick Academy, which reported its best International Baccalaureate exam results in school history.
Principal Maggie McCorkell said 60 graduates from the class of 2013 wrote their final exams in May — and “are to ...
DATE: Jul 08, 2013
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Education
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Jonathan Bell
A tribute to the legacy of Dame Jennifer Smith packed Fort St Catherine this weekend.
The send-off, organised by the St George’s branch of the Progressive Labour Party, closed with a two-cannon salute in honour of the woman hailed throughout the even...
DATE: Jul 08, 2013
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The House of Assembly has approved a motion for consultancy contracts over $50,000 to be presented before MPs.
But the amended motion was derided by the Opposition as “watered down” and Government was further accused of “gutter politics”, after Finan...
DATE: Jul 07, 2013
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
Friends and family of Dame Jennifer Smith packed Fort St Catherine tonight for a tribute by the St George's branch of the Progressive Labour Party.
The celebration closed with a two-cannon salute, in honour of the woman hailed throughout the evening ...
DATE: Jul 06, 2013
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
The House of Assembly approved a bill covering three years of Government’s operating deficits to the tune of up to $800 million.
Tabled by Finance Minister Bob Richards, the Bermuda Government Loans Amendment (No 2) Act prompted Progressive Labour Pa...
DATE: Jul 06, 2013
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Authorities might have averted the Island’s gang violence epidemic ten years ago when “the writing was on the wall, for all to see”.
The Bermuda Police Service’s outgoing Assistant Commissioner David Mirfield said trouble was brewing in 2003 when stu...
DATE: Jul 04, 2013
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Crime
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Jonathan Bell
A six-week trial is to conclude this week for four men accused in connection with a shooting that inflicted grievous bodily harm.
The case in Supreme Court against Jahkeil Samuels, 27, Jamin Saltus, 22, Ronniko Burchall, 24, and Alex Vanderpool, 22, ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2013
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
A Sandys teen has raised $1,000 in aid of her school — with a little help from her mother.
Aspiro Cannonier, 13, took it upon herself to help Sandys Secondary Middle School after it emerged from PTA meetings that money would be welcome for basic ever...
DATE: Jul 03, 2013
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