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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
UK Coastguard officers have mounted a training exercise with the Royal Bermuda Regiment Coast Guard and other emergency services.
The exercise was led by Commander Phil Bostock, the HM Coastguard Operational Lead, Overseas Territories Search and Resc...
DATE: Jan 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Public primary schools were given $25,000 worth of school supplies yesterday.
Support Public Schools, set up to buy and deliver school supplies for government primary schools, delivered half of its $50,000 worth of equipment to schools in the central...
DATE: Jan 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A jobless man escaped a penalty after he admitted breaching a Covid-19 curfew.
Police spotted Kevin Gardiner, 41, walking along Kindley Field Road in St George’s at about 2.15am on December 31, 2020, Magistrates’ Court heard yesterday.
He told office...
DATE: Jan 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson