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Some migrant workers in Bermuda are being abused and mistreated by their employers, according to the head of an anti-abuse charity.
Laurie Shiell, of the Centre Against Abuse, said yesterday she has heard reports of foreign workers not being paid, or...
DATE: May 04, 2011
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Several men appeared in Supreme Court on gun charges yesterday during a busy arraignments session.
Jahmel Blakeney, 29, Kinte Smith, 25, and Sanchey Grant, 19, were accused of shooting Shaki Minors and his pregnant girlfriend Renee Kuchler.
The alleg...
DATE: May 03, 2011
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A teenager was fined for swearing outside a police building.
Sergio Woolridge, 19, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to using offensive words on April 2.
He claimed he had just been attacked by a stranger.
Crown counsel Nicole Smith said police ...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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The Ministry of Public Works is seeking to install a temporary waste water treatment facility on Marsh Folly Road.
The HiPAF Compact treatment plant is said to be both small and temporary, and would be installed near the junction of Marsh Folly Road ...
DATE: May 02, 2011
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Next week Harrington Sound Primary students will join with school bands across North America to promote music education.
As part of the 6th Annual Music Monday, school music programs in US and Canada will hold simultaneous concerts featuring the song...
DATE: Apr 30, 2011
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Education
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Anti-gang organisations are calling for Government to ban tinted visors on helmets to help discourage potential shooters.
Colford’s Family Against Violence, and Help Save Our Bermuda, this week began an online petition against the visors, which are s...
DATE: Apr 29, 2011
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The main driveway to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital will close next week as construction on the new hospital continues.
The Bermuda Hospitals Board (BHB) said that while the main driveway from Point Finger Road will close on Monday, May 2, the Ber...
DATE: Apr 28, 2011
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Hundreds of visitors and locals alike gathered in St George’s yesterday to witness the annual Peppercorn Ceremony.
The event is held every year on the Wednesday closest to St George Day.
In that day the St George’s Masonic Lodge pays an annual rent o...
DATE: Apr 28, 2011
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Work at the LF Wade International Airport has improved the tracking range of radar systems, and could increase the importance of Bermuda for transatlantic flights.
Minister of Transport Terry Lister announced yesterday that the airport’s long-range r...
DATE: Apr 28, 2011
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A 21-year-old was sentenced to three months imprisonment yesterday for possessing cannabis in Westgate.
Tetson Perkins pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court, telling Senior Magistrate Archibald Warner that since being released from prison he has been ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2011
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