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Come this summer, Candace Furbert might be singing on a London stage as part of the award-winning musical ‘The Lion King’.
The 20-year-old has auditioned twice for a role in the world-famous show and will hear in the next couple of months whether or ...
DATE: Apr 07, 2012
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Six people were arrested over the weekend on suspicion of drunk driving, including a 62-year-old taxi driver involved in a collision.
No injuries were reported after the taxi and a motorcycle struck near the junction of Frog Lane and Devon Lane, Devo...
DATE: Apr 04, 2012
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Crime
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Jonathan Bell
A Bermuda-born woman who has been denied status is launching an appeal for others to join her campaign to have the law changed.
Born just weeks after the August 1, 1989 cut-off date, the woman who asked not be named said she is upset and frustrated t...
DATE: Apr 03, 2012
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Bermuda marked World Health Day with the Public Health Awards at a ceremony in Camden House.
“Everyone in this room is in some way involved in ensuring that our community is healthy,” Health Minister Zane DeSilva told the gathering. “All of you work ...
DATE: Apr 03, 2012
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Health
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Jonathan Bell
A “new force in education” has been created by the merger of two groups.
That was the assertion of Bermuda Education Network (BEN) director Becky Ausenda, announcing the group’s link-up with the Leaders in Field Education (LIFE) to form a new associa...
DATE: Apr 03, 2012
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Education
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Jonathan Bell
Hundreds toured the Grand Atlantic site over the weekend, with officials facing tough questions from sceptical members of the public.
However, for Public Works Minister Michael Weeks, the steady flow of visitors was an endorsement of the ultimate val...
DATE: Apr 02, 2012
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Jonathan Bell
Firefighters who faced down the inferno on Pembroke Dump described the blaze, now quelled, as the biggest they’d seen at Marsh Folly.
“I never had a fire like that, with the wind sending embers 50 to 200 feet to another spot,” recalled veteran firema...
DATE: Apr 02, 2012
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The Pembroke Dump fire could have been started by a carelessly discarded cigarette, according to a Government waste manager.
Allan Hunt said tree clippings piled up in dry conditions might easily have been set ablaze by the smallest of sparks on Thur...
DATE: Mar 31, 2012
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Jonathan Bell
Raised in the tight-knit neighbourhoods around Parsons Road, award-winning teen performer DeAzha Chambers is proud of her community. She also uses her stage gifts to give voice to its social issues.
As the winner of youth charity Teen Service’s annua...
DATE: Mar 31, 2012
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Jonathan Bell
Opposition head Craig Cannonier took Government to task in the wake of the Prison Officers Association march on Cabinet.
The POA action was met with a promise by Justice Minister Kim Wilson for a prison review within months.
However, Mr Cannonier sai...
DATE: Mar 31, 2012
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell