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Training methods have been improved at the Royal Bermuda Regiment, national security minister Wayne Caines told the House of Assembly on Friday.
Mr Caines said the second recruit intake of 2018 has taken the total soldiers recruited this year to 65, ...
DATE: Jul 17, 2018
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Bermuda will mark the centenary of the late Nelson Mandela’s birth with community events tomorrow.
A “Bermuda adventure” will set out from the Cenotaph on Front Street at 6.50pm with a 20-minute Hamilton walk that closes at the Harbour Nights festiv...
DATE: Jul 17, 2018
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A teenager killed in an early-morning crash in Hamilton Parish over the weekend was named by police yesterday.
Jen-Naya Simmons, 18, died after she lost control of her motorcycle on North Shore Road at about 3.30am on Sunday.
She was rushed to hospi...
DATE: Jul 17, 2018
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A total of eight students on healthcare courses have been awarded scholarships named after pioneer doctor Barbara Ball. Kim Wilson, the health minister, said, “I am extremely proud that we can support our young people seeking careers in health profes...
DATE: Jul 17, 2018
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Fake social media profiles are being used to ask for money in return for five-figure Government grants.
Police said fraudsters had urged people to send $700 to an undisclosed location via FedEx so that they could receive a $50,000 grant.
A police spo...
DATE: Jul 17, 2018
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Crime
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News Staff
Thousands of people at home and abroad have been canvassed for their views on the future of Bermuda tourism.
Jamahl Simmons, the tourism minister, told the House of Assembly on Friday that the Ministry of Economic Development and Tourism and the Berm...
DATE: Jul 16, 2018
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Politics
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The Department of Corrections is to begin an internal security review of prisons, Wayne Caines told MPs in the House of Assembly last Friday.
Mr Caines, the Minister of National Security, said he would also meet representatives of the Prison Officers...
DATE: Jul 16, 2018
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Politics
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News Staff
A man has been seriously injured after the motorcycle he was riding was involved in a collision with a car.
The incident took place on Sunday night on Middle Road in Devonshire about 300 metres east of Tee Street.
The victim was transported via ambu...
DATE: Jul 15, 2018
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Student interns are gaining work experience this summer thanks to a local programme.
The Ascendant Group Ltd’s Summer Student Programme will place 15 pupils in positions at the company.
The students taking part in the summer scheme are Ellington El...
DATE: Jul 14, 2018
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A low pressure system left over from Hurricane Beryl could redevelop as a subtropical storm to the north of Bermuda, weather forecasters said today.
But the Bermuda Weather Service added that the system would not pose any threat to the island.
Beryl,...
DATE: Jul 14, 2018
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