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A runner geared up to compete in an Antarctic charity marathon has been forced to pull out after she tested positive for the coronavirus.
Anna Laura Hocking, who landed in Bellinghausen Bay in Antarctica this morning, confirmed on Facebook that she w...
DATE: Jan 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Environmental charity Keep Bermuda Beautiful got a $10,000 boost thanks to the Gardening Club of Bermuda.
Katie Berry, the executive director of Keep Bermuda Beautiful, thanked the club for its donation and congratulated the group on its 100th annive...
DATE: Jan 29, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A traffic stop led to a $1,300 fine and a six month roads ban for a man who was caught with a knife.
Kenneth Wade, 26, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to possession of a knife, driving whilst disqualified and speeding at 60km/h.
The court heard ...
DATE: Jan 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
New uses are being sought for two former railway stations each dating back to 1931.
The Ministry of Public Works advertised for tenders for lease of property for Harmony Hall railway station in Paget and the Riddell’s Bay station in Warwick.
The leas...
DATE: Jan 27, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A secondary school has challenged the public to take part in an island-wide reading festival to celebrate the fight for racial justice in Bermuda.
The Berkeley Institute will lead the charge in the One Island, One Book project by having pupils and st...
DATE: Jan 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A teenager who admitted causing a traffic accident could be sentenced to community service instead of fined.
Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo said a community service order could be considered for unemployed Nazye Matthie, 19, after he pleaded guilty to ca...
DATE: Jan 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Progressive Labour Party yesterday congratulated the Barbados Labour Party for its second “clean sweep” victory in a row in this week’s General Election.
The party singled out Mia Mottley, the country’s Prime Minister and the BLP leader, for help...
DATE: Jan 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man who walked out a shop without paying a $173 phone repair bill was yesterday fined almost three times the amount he dodged.
Kevin Webb, 58, was fined $500 after he pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to leaving the store without payment for the...
DATE: Jan 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Police yesterday issued 34 traffic tickets and made one arrest today after they mounted a speed checkpoint in the wake of an appeal for officers to help cut down dangerous driving.
Officers were stationed along Middle Road, Southampton, near Five Sta...
DATE: Jan 22, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
An emergency bus schedule has been extended until next week, the Department of Public Transportation announced today.
A spokeswoman said that bus routes would continue to operate on and expanded Sunday schedule because of staff shortages.
She added t...
DATE: Jan 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson