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Family Centre has extended its gratitude to all the donors who have helped bring relief to families in need this festive season.
Executive director Martha Dismont said that Christmas is particularly difficult for individuals who struggle to find a s...
DATE: Dec 19, 2018
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A high school pupil was seriously injured in an accident earlier this month, the Department of Education has announced.
The pupil was taken to hospital for treatment and an investigation has been launched into what happened.
The incident happened at ...
DATE: Dec 19, 2018
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Louis Somner, an official at the Bermuda Industrial Union, has died. Mr Somner was 59.
Colleagues said yesterday Mr Somner, who died on Sunday, was a battler for workers’ rights over his ten-year career with the union and a devoted family man.
Georg...
DATE: Dec 18, 2018
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A cruise ship’s mooring lines broke during strong winds in Dockyard in the early hours of yesterday morning.
The P&O cruise ship Arcadia broke free at about 2.53am.
According to a caption on a video posted by the Port Bermuda webcam, “the ship drifte...
DATE: Dec 18, 2018
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A Canadian registered sail boat had to be towed in to Bermuda on Friday after is engine and VHF radio failed.
Just after 1pm, Harbour Radio received notification of an “urgency” signal from, Misty Blue II, a 34-foot vessel, which was stranded 15 mil...
DATE: Dec 17, 2018
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A teenage singer has almost hit the $17,500 target needed to sign up for an international trip with a touring musical and theatre group.
Quinn Outerbridge, 18, has amassed $15,000 to help fund the trip with Up With People, which starts next month and...
DATE: Dec 17, 2018
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Santa got a lot of little helpers this weekend when a charity event collected hundreds of gifts for children and families in need.
Gina Spence Productions joined forces with Terceira’s gas stations to collect about 600 toys at the firm’s Warwick loc...
DATE: Dec 17, 2018
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Bermuda High School pupils raised more than $2,500 to bring food and comfort to people with dementia this festive season.
Residents of the Packwood Home in Somerset got a special visit when 11 schoolgirls presented them with food hampers, toiletries...
DATE: Dec 17, 2018
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The biggest-ever blitz of roadside breath tests will start on Friday.
A total of six parishes will see police checkpoints set up over the weekend.
Checkpoints will be in force in Hamilton Parish, Devonshire, Pembroke, Paget, Warwick and Southampton f...
DATE: Dec 16, 2018
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A sex offenders register will be set up in Bermuda after legislation was passed in the House of Assembly last night.
Opposition MPs welcomed the legal change but raised concerns about how few of the recommendations from a Joint Select Committee repo...
DATE: Dec 15, 2018
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