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A Canadian airline passenger was arrested after she allegedly assaulted police who were removing her from a plane.
According to a police spokeswoman, at around 2pm today officers received a report of an “unruly passenger” on board a WestJet flight bo...
DATE: Jun 02, 2016
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Historian and teacher Colin Benbow, who wrote the definitive history about the Boer War prisoners in Bermuda, has died at the age of 85.
Mr Benbow first came to the island in the mid-1950s and quickly became entrenched in researching the island’s his...
DATE: May 30, 2016
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The former Harrington Sound Post Office could be sold for $700,000, according to a draft Sale and Purchase Agreement.
The document, tabled in the House of Assembly last Friday, lists the potential buyer as Frank Martin Pollard.
In addition to the Ham...
DATE: May 30, 2016
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The Department of Child and Family Services has honoured the island’s foster parents at their annual Foster Care Appreciation tea.
Sylvan Richards, the Minister of Social Development and Sport, said that during the month of May, the Department of Chi...
DATE: May 30, 2016
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Community groups have taken a cautious approach to Belco rate changes, saying they will look closely at how the move will affect the less fortunate.
Starting next month, residential customers will pay 8.7 per cent more on their first 250 kilowatt hou...
DATE: May 27, 2016
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The Public Accounts Committee has called for changes to financial instructions after a report from the Auditor-General about the handling of a forged cheque.
The report stemmed from an incident in which false cheques — intended to unjustly implicate ...
DATE: May 26, 2016
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A minister targeted by a plot involving forged cheques has lashed out about the handling of the investigation.
Addressing the House of Assembly, Derrick Burgess, who was linked with Ewart Brown in the plan, said that throughout the process no one eve...
DATE: May 26, 2016
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Those looking to enjoy the Bermuda Day Parade might want to bring an umbrella, as wet weather has been forecast for tomorrow.
According to the Bermuda Weather Service’s public forecast, a few showers are expected throughout the day along with sunny b...
DATE: May 23, 2016
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Retired journalist and former Bermuda resident Morley Safer has died at 84.
Safer, a fixture on the news programme 60 Minutes since 1970, lived for a period in the 1980s at Mizzentop in Warwick with his wife, commuting to New York for work.
He serve...
DATE: May 20, 2016
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About 30 people met to discuss immigration issues surrounding adoption as part of the first public meeting of the Immigration Working Group hosted by the Bermuda Public Services Union last night.
Any person who is adopted by a Bermudian is deemed to...
DATE: May 20, 2016
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