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Government is looking into introducing universal broadband service, ensuring all Bermudians have access to a basic level of internet, according to Grant Gibbons.
Addressing the House of Assembly, the Minister for Economic Development said he had requ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2017
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Another “imported” case of Zika has been reported on the island, but there has yet to be a case of the virus being transmitted.
According to the Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit website, a single imported Zika case was reported on the island this m...
DATE: Feb 10, 2017
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Students at Saltus Grammar School came together to help the nearby St John’s Anglican Church, donating more than $2,800 for work on the church’s tower.
The tower — erected in 1835 — has suffered as a result of both age and a series of hurricanes in r...
DATE: Feb 10, 2017
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The Ministry of Public Works will be road resurfacing on North Shore Road in Devonshire next week.
According to a ministry spokeswoman, one lane of the road between Bermuda Waterworks and the Barkers Hill roundabout will be closed during off-peak hou...
DATE: Feb 10, 2017
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A “large-scale fraud and corruption inquiry” is nearing completion, according to an affidavit from Deputy Police Commissioner Paul Wright.
In a statement dated last August, Mr Wright said the probe was in “a critical phase” and expressed concern it c...
DATE: Feb 09, 2017
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A fierce winter storm in the US has grounded several scheduled flights to the island and delayed others.
According to Aaron Adderley, general manager at LF Wade International Airport, the storm has impacted traffic out of both New York and Boston.
“J...
DATE: Feb 09, 2017
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Court reports were ordered for a Sandys landscaper this morning after he admitted threatening to beat up a woman and her brother.
Quantae’ Bulford, 21, pleaded guilty to a single count of sending a phone message of a “menacing character” in an incide...
DATE: Feb 09, 2017
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Court
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Pathways Bermuda has been given a $15,000 boost through the Cash Back for Communities programme, which uses seized criminal assets to benefit the community.
Senator Jeffrey Baron, Minister of National Security, presented the charity’s executive direc...
DATE: Feb 09, 2017
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A teenager was reportedly stabbed yesterday in what police have said they suspect to be a gang related attack.
According to a police spokesman, at around 5.30pm yesterday emergency services were dispatched to a reported assault in Pembroke.
“It appea...
DATE: Feb 08, 2017
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Crime
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Jerome Robinson, an executive officer of the Bermuda Taxi Owners Association, has been named the Director of Transport for America’s Cup Bermuda.
According to a spokeswoman, Mr Robinson officially started in the position last month.
As Director of Tr...
DATE: Feb 08, 2017
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Event
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Owain Johnston-Barnes