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A 51-year-old man was banned from the roads for two years and hit with a $2,000 fine after he admitted causing grievous bodily harm by careless driving.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Paul DeCouto was driving a car on Stowe Hill, Paget as a motorcycle...
DATE: Feb 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Warwick Academy pupils brought smiles to the faces of morning commuters yesterday as they marked Random Acts of Kindness Day.
About 30 primary and secondary level pupils took part in the event, also recognised in the US, by making inspirational post...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The story of Mary Prince, Bermuda’s “beacon for the British anti-slavery movement”, will lead off this year’s Bermuda Festival as the event returns to live audiences.
The story of Ms Prince, born into enslavement on the island, is among six Bermudian...
DATE: Feb 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The education minister yesterday apologised for “any discomfort caused” by a social media post that suggested all those around him were losing their heads and blaming him.
Diallo Rabain made the post – a quote from If, a poem by British writer Rudya...
DATE: Feb 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An exploration of links between whale communication and the search for alien life aims to intrigue young minds as part of an educational event.
The Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute said it was to reintroduce its popular Kids’ Hour Saturdays, ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The island’s only hospice has been given a $10,000 donation from the Garden Club of Bermuda.
The Garden Club, as part of its 100th anniversary celebrations, handed over the cash to Friends of Hospice, which is leading a campaign to relocate Agape Ho...
DATE: Feb 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Ferry crew members have undergone special training to help make travel on the service a better experience for the disabled.
A total of 22 frontline ferry staff took part in the training, organised by the Bermuda Tourism Authority and designed to help...
DATE: Feb 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Parish police officers are being redeployed to carry out general patrol duties for two months because of “operational priorities“.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Police Service said there will be limited access to parish officers during that period.
Th...
DATE: Feb 12, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Parents yesterday appealed to Government to trust them to carry out at home antigen tests on children instead of a lab test before they returned to school.
A spokeswoman for pressure group Us For Them Bermuda, a group of parents opposed to many of th...
DATE: Feb 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
VIPs yesterday toured a former hotel being transformed at a cost of $3m into housing for the elderly and emergency accommodation.
David Burt, the Premier, and Diallo Rabain, the acting public works minister, visited Harmony Hall in Paget as guests of...
DATE: Feb 11, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan