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Almost 100 students donned their caps and gowns this week as they received their degrees or certificates at the Bermuda College 2013 Spring Commencement Ceremony.
Cheered on by friends, family and public figures including Premier Craig Cannonier, the...
DATE: May 25, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government is continuing to work on resolving a shortage of vaccines on the Island.
A spokeswoman for the Department of Health said the department has received a shipment of Gardisil and has begun to disperse it to physicians.
The department was howe...
DATE: May 25, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Thousands of people lined the streets of Hamilton yesterday to watch the annual Bermuda Day Parade.
Sidewalks throughout the parade route from Bernard Park to City Hall were packed with people cheering on the gombeys and majorettes as they danced alo...
DATE: May 25, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Aideen Ratteray Pryse was today named the Island’s new Planning Director.
She takes over the post from Trevor Leach, whose contract ends on May 31.
Ms Pryse was Assistant Director of Planning until she left the department in 1999 and launched ARP Co...
DATE: May 23, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Anti-draft campaigner Lamont Marshall yesterday continued to challenge charges that he failed to attend Regiment and pay associated fines.
Mr Marshall does not deny the facts of the case, but maintained that he should be found not guilty because he ...
DATE: May 23, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Ombudsman Arlene Brock has again called on Government to honour its commitments to the UK Environmental Charter, reiterating that the charter is legally binding.
Last year the Ombudsman said in a report that the then Government had acted unlawfully b...
DATE: May 23, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A pair of early morning collisions left one Devonshire man in hospital and a second with an extensively damaged taxi.
According to a police spokesman, around 12.45am on Monday, officers responded to a report of a single vehicle collision on North Sho...
DATE: May 22, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Warwick man who tried to escape police was fined $1,300 for multiple traffic offences.
Devon Hairston, 23, pleaded guilty to driving while disqualified, failing to stop for police, driving in a dangerous manner and failing to stop at a stop sign.
M...
DATE: May 22, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An increased police presence is expected in the Jews Bay area of Southampton after multiple reports of speeding and dangerous driving on Middle Road.
A police spokesman said the Roads Policing Unit (RPU) will be stepping up patrols in the area and mo...
DATE: May 21, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A planning application by the former chair of the Sustainable Development Roundtable has been rejected on appeal for being significantly larger in scale than permitted.
Ianthia Wade had submitted an application to install two floating docks at a priv...
DATE: May 20, 2013
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
