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“Unprecedented” mechanical issues have hindered trash collection across the Island according to Craig Cannonier, the Minister of Public Works, but efforts are under way to restore normal service.
He said the Bermuda Government had been working closel...
DATE: Oct 30, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Ministry of Public Works is working to address complaints about overgrown roadsides.
While the ministry has come under fire in recent months over overgrown grass and trees on the Island’s roadsides, a spokeswoman said efforts were being made to ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 62-year-old man this morning admitted repeatedly breaking into the same home to steal food.
Winton Edwards pleaded guilty to two counts of stealing food items from a St Paul’s Lane home, and a third count of prowling about the same home.
The court ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda College board of governors has rejected a faculty vote of no confidence in the president of the institution.
The college’s Faculty Association sent a letter in May to the chairwoman of the board of governors, Jill Husbands, notifying her ...
DATE: Oct 29, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Warwick man who admitted grabbing a woman’s buttocks was given a suspended prison sentence in Magistrates’ Court this morning.
Kevin Mendonca, 34, pleaded guilty earlier this year to intruding on the privacy of a woman during an incident on May 29....
DATE: Oct 29, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Nursing students at the Bermuda College are getting opportunities to work with specialists from the Lahey Hospital and Medical Centre through a new partnership.
According to a college spokeswoman, representatives from Lahey collaborated with the Coll...
DATE: Oct 29, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Tiny the Tree Frog is taking on the America’s Cup as part of his next children’s book — the first to be sold internationally.
Author Elizabeth Mulderig said she worked alongside the America’s Cup team for the project, and was excited to discover that...
DATE: Oct 28, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A motorist whose passenger died after the car hit a tree has been found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving.
Bryan Daniel, 25, of Warwick, had denied causing the death of Nikko Robinson-Woodley by dangerous driving, along with an alternate ...
DATE: Oct 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Paget man who admitted having cocaine and cannabis with intent to supply was this morning given a suspended sentence.
Morris Sousa, 52, was arrested on September 19 last year after plant material and an off-white, chalky substance were found in his...
DATE: Oct 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Devonshire man who crashed into a motorcyclist while disqualified from driving has been banned from the road for another 18 months.
Michael Dill, 37, pleaded guilty this morning to charges of driving without due care and driving while disqualified....
DATE: Oct 27, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes