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Bermuda could be in line to benefit from charity cash generated by the UK Lottery, according to a British government minister visiting the Island.
Henry Bellingham told a press conference at Government House today it seemed “quite wrong and anomalous...
DATE: Sep 27, 2011
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The head of a global charity has lent his support to a campaign to get sexual orientation added to Bermuda’s Human Rights Act.
Salil Shetty, secretary general of Amnesty International, signed a postcard calling for the Act to be amended at the organi...
DATE: Sep 27, 2011
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Progressive Labour Party MP Dennis Lister last night saw off a challenge for his Sandys North Central seat, claiming there was “never a chance” he could have lost it. Mr Lister comfortably won against the party’s executive officer Joella Dawn Simmons...
DATE: Sep 27, 2011
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Politics
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Sam Strangeways
Tributes were paid yesterday to a nurse who helped create hospice care for terminally ill patients in Bermuda.
Hilary Soares, the first clinical coordinator of Agape House Hospice, died on Friday aged 70 of the autoimmune disease ALS (amyotrophic lat...
DATE: Aug 23, 2011
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A young father who claimed he was kicked in the head by police was yesterday fined $1,800 for his part in the confrontation.
Troy Smith, 29, received an $800 fine from Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo for wielding an offensive weapon, plus $500 each for th...
DATE: Aug 23, 2011
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
A 27-year-old mother is facing jail after admitting possession of cocaine with intent to supply.
Shernelle Moniz, of no fixed abode, appeared at Magistrates’ Court where a pre-sentence report was ordered by Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo.
Crown counsel N...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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Court
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Sam Strangeways
Education Minister Dame Jennifer Smith handed out 45 Government scholarships, awards and loans at an event last week.
The presentations were made to the students at Camden, the Premier’s official residence, on Thursday.
Dame Jennifer said: “Every yea...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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Education
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Sam Strangeways
A tourist who was taken to hospital after being struck by a taxi on Front Street has vowed to return to Bermuda to “do over” her summer vacation.
April Lockhart, 55, from New York, said the last place she expected to get involved in a road accident w...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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Robbers who broke into a Devonshire home brandishing a gun and demanding cash were last night still on the loose.
They entered a garage on Tribe Road No 1, close to Middle Road, where five men are understood to have been playing a card game. It is be...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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Crime
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Sam Strangeways
Agape House founder Hilary Soares has died at the age of 70, after spending the past few weeks at the hospice she set up to allow others to live their last days with dignity.
Mother-of-four Mrs Soares, a British nurse who moved to Bermuda in 1963, wa...
DATE: Aug 22, 2011
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