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A 28-year-old woman who kicked a police officer in the groin was given a conditional discharge in Magistrates’ Court.
Teresha Wolffe, of Cedar Park Road, Devonshire, said she was drunk at the time.
Wolffe told the court: “I did apologise to the offic...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Government’s decision to reverse the route for this year’s Bermuda Day parade has been labelled “unfair“ by drum corps instructor Terry Flood
“If something isn’t broken, why fix it?” said Mr Flood.
He said the traditional Bernard Park finish made be...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
A Devonshire man says he narrowly avoided a disaster after the car he’d just been driving burst into flames.
Truneh Flood, who lives at Crown Hill Lane, near Dock Hill, had parked his friend’s Hyundai Getz outside his home in the early hours of April...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Ten-year-old gardener Hayley Raynor has helped to grow a bumper crop of beets, including one that weighs in at a colossal 10.5lbs.
She and her grandfather, Eldon Raynor Sr, worked together to grow the beets, several of which tipped the scales at arou...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
A charity dinner promoting environmental awareness is to be hosted by the Roman Catholic Church.
The ‘Rich Person Poor Person Dinner’ is a lottery event. Guests will receive either a ‘rich’ or a ‘poor’ meal although both will get the same dessert.
“T...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s three new National Heroes have been announced by Government.
Labour leader Dr Edgar Fitzgerald Gordon, (Mazumbo), former Parliamentarian Pauulu Kamarakafego (Roosevelt Brown) and the Island’s first Government Leader Sir Henry (Jack) Tucker ...
DATE: Apr 29, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Government cannot make guarantees over redundancies and price freezes, Premier Paula Cox said yesterday.
Ms Cox said that “the way forward is not punctuated with marches, but with an understanding of our reality and an articulation of the best practi...
DATE: Apr 29, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Paget residents voiced their anger at cuts to the ferry service at a recent parish council meeting.
Council member William Pitman called for the group to “make note to Marine and Ports of our dissatisfaction” with the loss of commuter and weekend ser...
DATE: Apr 29, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
Premier Paula Cox has been lauded at the Third Biennial Women’s Empowerment Summit in the Bahamas.
Ms Cox, who gave the conference’s keynote address yesterday in Nassau, was named Regional Female Leader of the Year.
The summit organisers, Oyster Publ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
A Bermuda delegation is in Jamaica to discuss the Island’s new ties with the University of the West Indies (UWI).
Education Minister Jennifer Smith is in Kingston with Permanent Secretary Warren Jones, policy analyst Kimberley McKeown, and Bermuda Co...
DATE: Apr 28, 2011
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell