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A programme for young people that has operated for almost 25 years is to shut its doors.
Clare Mello, the executive director for YouthNet, said the decision came after five years of financial problems — and the Covid-19 pandemic was the last straw.
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DATE: Jun 13, 2020
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Firefighters tackled a blaze in a car in Pembroke.
The vehicle was fully alight, near to a two-storey home, when a fire truck arrived at the scene shortly before 11.50pm on Thursday.
A Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: “Firefighters qui...
DATE: Jun 12, 2020
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A careless driving motorbike rider was fined $3,000 yesterday after he ignored a police order to stop in an attempt to avoid traffic tickets.
Tekeste Goater, 37, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to charges that he failed to stop for police and dr...
DATE: Jun 11, 2020
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A man was charged in Magistrates’ Court yesterday with making a series of “menacing” demands for money from a woman.
Jahmeco Blakeney, 40, was accused of making unlawful demands for money from Paulette Godfrey on June 2 and demands with menace on Jun...
DATE: Jun 11, 2020
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Churches were still waiting yesterday for details about how they would be allowed to operate under Phase 3 relaxations of Covid-19 regulations.
But the Right Reverend Nicholas Dill, the Anglican Bishop of Bermuda, said that he expected to receive “fl...
DATE: Jun 11, 2020
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Cinemagoers who hoped to enjoy a blockbuster on the big screen will have to wait a few more weeks.
For, although cinemas are now allowed to open at 20 per cent capacity as part of Phase 3 of a four-stage return to normal life, Specialty Cinema and th...
DATE: Jun 11, 2020
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A plan to install new sewage and water mains to link St George’s and St David’s as part of a waste disposal improvement scheme has been submitted to the Department of Planning.
Documents delivered to planners this month by the Bermuda Land Developmen...
DATE: Jun 10, 2020
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Environment
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A lawyer called proposals to reform cannabis legislation “a dog’s breakfast” that required a significant rewrite.
Peter Sanderson, a human rights lawyer, said yesterday that a move away from criminalisation was needed, but that the draft legislation ...
DATE: Jun 10, 2020
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Bermuda College will open its doors again next month — but health and safety precautions will be enforced.
Duranda Greene, the college president, said that safety for staff and students had been “priority one” for its July 6 reopening.
Dr Greene adde...
DATE: Jun 10, 2020
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Education
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A woman was given a suspended sentence of 12 months yesterday after she admitted threats to murder a lawyer.
The Supreme Court heard that Loreesa Burchall, 30, threatened to shoot Kamal Worrell and slash his throat in a series of messages sent betwee...
DATE: Jun 09, 2020
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