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Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith has stepped down as chairwoman of Government’s African Diaspora Heritage Trail (ADHT) programme.
Former teacher Maxine Esdaille now heads the cultural tourism initiative, which promotes African history in Bermud...
DATE: Jun 15, 2011
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The Bermuda Broadcasting Company (BBC) has been charged with breaking reporting restrictions, by naming two individuals accused in court of sexual offences.
CEO Rick Richardson appeared in Magistrates’ Court on the BBC’s behalf.
Advised by lawyer Mar...
DATE: Jun 15, 2011
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
Butterfield Bank last night warned of a circulating e-mail requesting account details from its customers.
The e-mail thanks users for previously updating their account information.
It then reads: “Our review of the information you provided however in...
DATE: Jun 15, 2011
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Crime
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Jonathan Bell
Harbour Nights in Hamilton has been called off by organisers this evening, due to the likelihood of bad weather.
The Bermuda Chamber of Commerce’s marketing and events coordinator Stacey Madeiros-Cooke said cancelling the Harbour Nights just hours be...
DATE: Jun 15, 2011
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A lone sailor determined to cross the Atlantic in a solar-powered boat is now on his way to Bermuda from the US.
Greg Frucci, a 50-year-old filmmaker, was yesterday about halfway to the Island from North Carolina. He set sail on Thursday from the por...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
A Southampton man who continued to drive while banned from the roads has been given two jail sentences in Magistrates’ Court.
Darren William Roberts, 26, also picked up more than $2,000 in traffic fines.
Roberts was fined $400 and given ten days’ imp...
DATE: Jun 13, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Phase one of refurbishments to the Tynes Bay waste incinerator is now complete.
And Government said that waste that was stockpiled at Morgan’s Point while the work was being done, is to be removed by mid-August.
According to the Ministry of Public Wo...
DATE: Jun 13, 2011
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Environment
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Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Blood Donor Centre is marking World Blood Donor Day on June 14 by calling for at least 900 new donors.
Susan de Verteuil, pathology nurse at the centre, said there are currently about 1,100 donors in Bermuda, or two percent of the populat...
DATE: Jun 13, 2011
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Three Sandys men have been appeared in Magistrates’ Court, charged with intentionally causing grievous bodily harm.
Joshua Bean, 21, Cordova Marshall, 21, and Antoine Tweed, 24, stood in the dock before Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner, in connecti...
DATE: Jun 13, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda woke today to the welcome sound of rain, following an exceptionally dry start to the summer.
With the Island’s average precipitation down by nearly half so far this year, the wet days promised by an incoming low pressure system and cold front...
DATE: Jun 13, 2011
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