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The Chewstick Foundation has received a financial boost from the Argus Group to help continue their educational and cultural programmes.
An Argus Group spokeswoman said the donation had gone towards enhancing the True Wisdom In Growing Souls (TWIGS) ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2014
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A teenager who told Supreme Court she watched a group of men rape and grope her 14-year-old friend has denied lying to the jury about the evening of the attack.
The witness had previously told the court that she didn’t know they were being taken to t...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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A convicted cocaine importer has been charged with having drugs at Westgate.
Jahni Bean, 31, appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to answer a charge of possessing cannabis in the prison — an increased penalty zone — on October 24 last year.
He de...
DATE: Apr 24, 2014
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A teenager told the court she watched as her 14-year-old friend was raped and groped by a group of men.
All four defendants — aged between 19 and 21 — have denied a charge of serious sexual assault on July 27 of last year. One of the defendants, aged...
DATE: Apr 23, 2014
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The 76th Agricultural Exhibition is set to open its doors this Thursday with displays, competitions and international performers.
Exhibition Planner Georgette Caines said that this year’s event, which carries the theme “Growing for the Next Generatio...
DATE: Apr 22, 2014
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A woman who pleaded guilty to driving an uninsured motorcycle has had her conviction overturned by the Supreme Court after she discovered that, in fact, she was insured.
Jennifer Stovell pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court last July to driving a veh...
DATE: Apr 22, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Polish kayaker Aleksander (Olek) Doba has reached Port Canaveral in Florida.
The 67-year-old set out from Portugal on October 5 in his 21ft kayak but turned to Bermuda in February to repair a broken rudder.
He resumed his journey last month and is e...
DATE: Apr 18, 2014
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The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) has launched legal action against the Minister of Home Affairs over a special development order (SDO) for Tucker’s Point.
A writ was filed by the organisation earlier this month listing Michae...
DATE: Apr 12, 2014
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Government has awarded nearly $1.3 million in contracts as part of asbestos removal efforts at Morgan’s Point.
According to the official notices appearing in yesterday’s edition of The Royal Gazette, Government recently gave seven contracts for the s...
DATE: Apr 11, 2014
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The Ministry of Public Works awarded more than $700,000 in contracts to carry out a channel widening study, according to notices published yesterday in the Official Gazette.
Brunel Engineering Consultants were awarded a $367,648 contract to carry out...
DATE: Apr 11, 2014
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