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Public and private secondary schools across the island have been awarded a total of $240,000 for charity work carried out by their pupils.
PartnerRe, the Hamilton-based reinsurer, donated $30,000 to eight of the island’s schools through its Dollars f...
DATE: Dec 06, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tax breaks will be offered for the conversion of a failed housing development in Warwick into a hotel if legislation tabled in the House of Assembly is passed.
The Bill was designed to give customs relief on materials imported to turn the Grand Atlan...
DATE: Dec 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Teachers at West Pembroke Primary School have returned to the classroom after they staged a sickout last week.
Mike Charles, general secretary of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, said: “Representatives had a meeting and all the teachers are back at wo...
DATE: Dec 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who refused a breath test because he thought a rum-based colon cleaning remedy would cause him to fail it has lost an appeal against his conviction for refusal to give a breath sample.
George James said he drank a mix of overproof rum, garlic a...
DATE: Dec 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Staff from Dolphin Quest Bermuda have made a presentation at an international conference on marine education in Connecticut.
Sundée Faulkner, sales and outreach manager, and Kameron Burgess, marine mammal specialist, both attended the Alliance of Mar...
DATE: Dec 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
One of five teenagers accused of killing Bermudian Lyrico Steede has said one of his co-accused admitted the fatal stabbing in a Nottingham park.
Remmell Miller-Campbell, 18, told Nottingham Crown Court he did not know the group had gone to the park ...
DATE: Dec 04, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The 2018 hurricane season has come to an end, with Bermuda escaping any direct impacts for the second consecutive year.
James Dodgson, the director of the Bermuda Weather Service, said the area around the island has been “relatively” quiet this year,...
DATE: Dec 03, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Loan sharks have worsened the problems of people in financial difficulty, the House of Assembly heard.
Wayne Furbert, the junior finance minister, said he knew of cases where $10,000 loans become $66,000 debts in just a year, and that action was need...
DATE: Dec 03, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
CedarBridge Academy students brought The Wiz to life this weekend in front of cheering crowds.
However, students Quinceé Jones, Joshua Harney and Trinae Edwards said the show was the result of weeks of dedicated work.
Quinceé, 15, said: “We have been...
DATE: Dec 03, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
St George’s Harbour was lit up this weekend as the East End hosted its first Christmas Boat Parade.
Hundreds of people gathered in St George to take in the festive atmosphere.
Quinell Francis, the Mayor of St George, said: “The town enjoyed their fir...
DATE: Dec 03, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes