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Bermuda College has adopted a new flag and brand as part of its Vision 2023 Strategic Plan.
The college has unveiled a new turquoise and white logo intended to symbolise the various paths that bring students to the institution and reflect its strateg...
DATE: Aug 26, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teenage woman has been arrested in connection with an early-morning stabbing at Horseshoe Bay.
A police spokesman said a 19-year-old woman, believed to be from Paget, was this afternoon in custody for the attack, which left an 18-year-old woman wit...
DATE: Aug 26, 2019
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A ferry brought to Bermuda to transport cruise ship passengers has been out of action for more than month after it hit a reef, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
But the owners of the Spirit of St George’s said the ferry was scheduled to be back in operat...
DATE: Aug 26, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bank of Jamaica has warned its customers that it will no longer exchange Bermuda dollars from today.
A statement from the country’s central bank, released last Friday, said it would stop exchanging Bermuda bills at its counters because it has bee...
DATE: Aug 26, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian company is on the hunt for businesses to sponsor the battle against invasive lionfish.
Atlantic Lionshare spent five years developing a remote-controlled mini-submarine to hunt lionfish in deep water, which is now being tested in Florida....
DATE: Aug 24, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A repeat drink-driver who is a danger to the public was jailed for a year after he refused to take part in the DUI Court programme.
Franklyn Pearman, 40, was also banned from the roads for five years after he appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday....
DATE: Aug 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The trial of a man charged with burglary and sexual assault began in Supreme Court yesterday.
The defendant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, denied allegations that he broke into a house in Devonshire on November 24 last year with the int...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Hamilton Parish man admitted a knifepoint robbery of a convenience store in court yesterday.
Kevin Robinson, 59, pleaded guilty in Supreme Court to charges of robbery and possession of a three-inch pocket knife.
The court heard Robinson entered Bel...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A proposed walk-in medical clinic in Hamilton has been refused planning permission by the Development Applications Board.
However, Marico Thomas, chief executive officer of Bermuda Medical Specialties Group, said yesterday that the plans for the Heal...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Rainbows have appeared over Hamilton in the run-up to Bermuda’s first gay Pride parade.
Front Street fixtures including Butterfield Bank and Flanagan’s Irish Pub have used rainbow colours to mark the parade, which takes place on August 31.
Chris Garl...
DATE: Aug 22, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes