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Witnesses saw a female motorcyclist thrown into the air after her bike collided with a car on North Shore Road yesterday in Hamilton Parish.
Bystanders said the young woman was hurt near the junction with Radnor Road in a crash at about 2.15pm.
Accor...
DATE: Feb 24, 2018
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Sarah Lagan
An American woman raped in Bermuda 40 years ago has penned a letter to a schoolgirl sexually assaulted and killed only weeks after her own ordeal.
Keri Ebright wrote a Letter to the Editor to mark the anniversary of the death of 11-year-old Connie Fu...
DATE: Feb 22, 2018
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Sarah Lagan
There will be no closures or mergers of Bermuda’s public schools this year, David Burt, the Premier, promised yesterday.
He said: “That is not something we are looking into right now.
“What we are looking at right now is making sure we improve the ou...
DATE: Feb 20, 2018
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Education
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Sarah Lagan
A commitment to the introduction of roadside breath tests is “a frontline priority”, despite no mention of road safety in the Budget statement.
Walter Roban, Minister of Transport and Regulatory Affairs, said that handheld breathalysers were not high...
DATE: Feb 19, 2018
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Politics
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Sarah Lagan
The survival of the Progressive Labour Party will depend on unity in its ranks, Christopher Famous told its Founders’ Day lunch yesterday.
“As a party, as a people, we must be mature enough to discuss and sort out things between ourselves, both behin...
DATE: Feb 19, 2018
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Proposals to merge or close schools should be looked at again before the Government splashes out to repair crumbling buildings, the teachers’ union has said.
Mike Charles, secretary-general of the Bermuda Union of Teachers, said it would be too expen...
DATE: Feb 19, 2018
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Politics
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Sarah Lagan
The Progressive Labour Party may have enjoyed a landslide victory only seven months ago, but according to Christopher Famous, it should still aim to broaden its base.
Mr Famous called on his party to reach out to white people who have traditionally n...
DATE: Feb 14, 2018
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Politics
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Sarah Lagan
An intrepid traveller has hitchhiked on a sailboat to the island from Britain in an attempt to promote a more sustainable lifestyle.
Charlotte Jones had already changed most aspects in her life to be more environmentally friendly, from giving up her ...
DATE: Feb 13, 2018
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Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Union of Teachers is preparing to celebrate its 100th anniversary with a host of events and fundraising for scholarships.
The union, one of the largest in Bermuda, which was established on February 1, 1919, will be marking its centenary...
DATE: Feb 13, 2018
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Education
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Sarah Lagan
Ten Bermudian civil servants have been trained to safely ship potential health hazards overseas for testing.
The two-day training session was run by the Caribbean Public Health Agency for officials from the Department of Health, the Bermuda Hospitals...
DATE: Feb 12, 2018
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Health
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Sarah Lagan