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Race relations group Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda has described the police’s intention to use stop-and-search powers over the Hallowe’en period as “excessive and unreasonable”.
The Bermuda Police Service announced that they would be enforce ...
DATE: Oct 31, 2015
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Middle school students are enjoying better marks in English and science, although maths remains a concern, the Ministry of Education said yesterday.
The Middle School Transformation Plan, launched in July last year, appears to be making inroads, with...
DATE: Oct 30, 2015
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Education
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Sarah Lagan
Prolific songwriter Roderick “Roddy” Marshall — a member of two of the Island’s most popular rock bands at the time — has passed away.
Mr Marshall, who was 68 when he died last Tuesday, was one of the founders of The Savages and also performed with ...
DATE: Oct 30, 2015
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Bermuda’s poor and vulnerable will be impacted the most if the Bermuda Government decides to cut resources across the Island’s three remaining community centres.
This is the view of the founder and chairwoman of the Coalition for the Protection of C...
DATE: Oct 29, 2015
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A fundraiser for two African rhino charities raised more than double the amount that organisers had targeted.
One of the organisers Alet Coetzee had expected the charity walk would raise $5,000 for Saving the Survivors and the Rhino Orphanage but af...
DATE: Oct 28, 2015
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A mother has described how invaluable Bermuda’s publicly funded occupational therapy services have been to her son.
Her 14-month-old child has a rare condition that affects the use of his muscles and needs help to move and exercise.
She shared her e...
DATE: Oct 28, 2015
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Health
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Sarah Lagan
The mother of a man killed in a road crash has told how her “heart aches” for the driver of the car.
Kathy Woodley’s son, Nikko Robinson-Woodley, died when his friend Bryan Daniel smashed into a tree in January last year.
Daniel, 25, of Warwick, was ...
DATE: Oct 28, 2015
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Crime
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Sarah Lagan
The Endeavour Community Sailing Programme will benefit from more than $6,000 thanks to a Bermuda Tourism Authority promotion.
The BTA attracted donations of $200 and more by offering in exchange it’s bright pink tourism branded bean bags that made an...
DATE: Oct 28, 2015
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Facilitators of the South Basin infill project have said the plumes of sediment caused by the dredging of the North Channel were anticipated and are not a threat to the marine environment.
The ACBDA said that members of the public had expressed conc...
DATE: Oct 28, 2015
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Environment
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Sarah Lagan
Close to 60 dogs competed in the Bermuda Kennel Club’s October 2015 Dog Show over the weekend.
There were four International All Breed Championship Dog Shows held at Somersfield Academy on Saturday and Sunday.
Dogs from Bermuda competed with dogs fro...
DATE: Oct 27, 2015
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