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Family Centre is setting the stage for its second annual Lip Sync Battle charity fundraiser.
Eight teams are expected to compete next month in an effort to topple defending champions, the Arch Angels from Arch Insurance, and raise money for the centr...
DATE: Oct 31, 2017
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A device to catch marine trash has been installed in Hamilton Harbour as part of the expanding Seabin Project.
The V5 Hybrid Seabin is now in place at the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club.
Seabins are floating devices that take in ocean water, filt...
DATE: Oct 31, 2017
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A former customs officer is facing a long prison sentence after he admitted possession of $31,000 worth of cocaine with intent to supply.
Roberto Marques, then still serving in customs, was arrested outside a Pembroke grocery store with 30 bags of co...
DATE: Oct 28, 2017
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A 42-year-old man was yesterday charged in connection with a fatal road crash.
Clinton Smith, from Warwick, was accused of causing the death of Sophie Fraser-Smith by driving in a manner dangerous to the public on July 18.
Ms Fraser-Smith, 21, was a ...
DATE: Oct 28, 2017
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A Bermudian-born musician is to return to the island next week to perform with the Bermuda Philharmonic Society.
Mairéad Hickey, an award-winning violinist said: “I am delighted to be returning to Bermuda to participate in Autumn Classics.
“I can’t w...
DATE: Oct 27, 2017
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Organisers of a monthly dinner for the needy have been inundated with clothing donations for hurricane-ravaged islands in the Caribbean.
But now, Grateful Bread faces the problem of getting the clothes to the Caribbean.
Juliana Snelling, of Grateful ...
DATE: Oct 27, 2017
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A group of “Bermie-Ricans” are to join forces this weekend to support hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico.
Diana Cruz-Pitcher said a fundraiser at Tobacco Bay in St George’s on Saturday will offer Puerto Rican food and drink, Latin music and ente...
DATE: Oct 27, 2017
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Bermudian artist Joan Aspinall is to use her art to support hurricane-hit Dominica.
Ms Aspinall is to sell a collection of her work at the Washington Mall to raise funds for the relief effort from today.
Ms Aspinall said she had visited Dominica seve...
DATE: Oct 27, 2017
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Registration fees for national certification will be waived until the end of the year, according to Diallo Rabain.
Mr Rabain, the Minister of Education and Workforce Development, had announced that all people working in certain occupations would need...
DATE: Oct 27, 2017
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The executive director of charity Age Concern said this week that a long-term plan is needed to help Bermuda deal with an elderly-care time bomb.
Claudette Fleming said a study of the island’s senior care needs was vital to help draw up plans for the...
DATE: Oct 26, 2017
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