1743 results returned for search: "" category "News" author Sékou Hendrickson
A female inmate who escaped from the Co-Educational Facility was traced and returned to lock-up, a spokeswoman for the national security ministry said yesterday.
She added that the prisoner went missing on Thursday morning, which triggered a joint se...
DATE: Oct 23, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Crime
|
AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Governor yesterday bought the first Remembrance Day poppy to mark the start of the annual appeal for war veterans.
Canon Thomas Nisbett and Isobel Flood, two Second World War veterans, met Rena Lalgie at Government House and presented her with th...
DATE: Oct 22, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Campaigns
|
AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A woman’s campaign against litter on the island has gone viral after she posted her trash pickups on social media.
Stephanie Brown said that she had carried out litter collections and posted them on social media to motivate others people to do the sa...
DATE: Oct 21, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A bicyclist involved in a head-on collision is still in critical condition in hospital, police said yesterday.
The man, aged 58, suffered a serious head injury after he veered into the opposite lane on Middle Road in Flatts and collided with a car la...
DATE: Oct 21, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Transport
|
AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A variety of proposals to renovate two Government buildings have been submitted, the Ministry of Public Works said earlier this week.
A ministry spokesman said three groups had drawn up plans to renovate the old prison service headquarters on Happy V...
DATE: Oct 21, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Environment
|
AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Two burglars who admitted stealing thousand of dollars of clothes, tools and accessories were sent to Drug Treatment Court.
Dean O’Brien, 59, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to trespassing and stealing clothes and accessories valued at $7,350.
T...
DATE: Oct 20, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A remand prisoner who admitted assaulting a fellow inmate and a corrections officer yesterday claimed that the attack came after he was called a racial slur.
Alvin Leverock, 41, told Magistrates’ Court that a combination of stress and outrage caused ...
DATE: Oct 14, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A supermarket chain’s customers and a bank have donated almost $60,000 to two charities thanks to the kindness of customers.
The MarketPlace and Clarien Bank gave $28,853 each to the Salvation Army and the St Vincent de Paul Society as part of its ro...
DATE: Oct 13, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Campaigns
|
AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Hamilton Bermuda Hospitals Board public reception desk has been closed until further notice.
Bill Shields, the chief financial officer of the BHB, said that face-to-face contact had to be restricted because of the “high risk of coronavirus infect...
DATE: Oct 12, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Health
|
AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man given community service instead of a $2,000 fine for traffic offences has found a new ambition after he was allocated a landscaping role.
Malachi Smith, 21, who has just completed his community service order, hopes to stay in the sector and go ...
DATE: Oct 11, 2021
|
CATEGORY:
Court
|
AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson