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A sponsored head shave at a Hamilton hairdressing salon helped raise more than $9,000 yesterday for the fight against cancer.
Hairdressers at Salon Visage on Reid Street, Hamilton, sheared several children and adults who signed up to raise money for ...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The number of road accidents at the start of the year has dropped, the latest statistics have revealed.
A total of 96 road accidents were reported for January, compared to 112 in the same month last year and 115 for the start of 2019.
But the number ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A film tribute to a young father who died in a crash at the start of the year will be shown tonight to mark what would have been his 29th birthday.
Oronde Wilson Jr was devoted to his daughters Kiley, aged 7, and Lila Burt-Wilson, aged 3.
The two wer...
DATE: Mar 03, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A radio talk show host has appealed to the public to support childhood literacy with donations of books to public schools.
Nikita Robinson, the host of The Ladies’ Room show on Magic 102.7, said it was hoped almost 1,300 books would be given to presc...
DATE: Feb 25, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A trio of schoolgirls won a total of $1,750 after they topped an essay competition designed to highlight Black heroes of the legal system.
Razeeyah Robinson, 12, was awarded $1,000 by law firm Conyers after she took the top spot in its Black History ...
DATE: Feb 25, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Bermuda’s most vulnerable were shown some love after an insurance group teamed up with voluntary services to distribute care packages on St Valentine’s Day.
The MoonGate Group handed out 150 “we care packages” stocked with food, hygiene products and ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Drivers banned from the roads for drink driving will be blocked from switching to electronic bikes under changes to the law.
But Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, promised a “light touch” with no new legislation proposed, after fears in the e-b...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Clarien Bank raised $11,500 for Meals on Wheels through its holiday giveback campaign, it was announced today.
Clarien ran its annual effort to ask clients, employees and the public to make donations from November 26 to December 31 last year.
Michae...
DATE: Feb 01, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The island is still at the drawing board over the use of its network of roadside cameras to catch speeders and dangerous drivers.
Renée Ming, the national security minister, said the CCTV surveillance network was under review “in terms of the package...
DATE: Jan 25, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Ministry of Transport will be lobbied to bring electrically boosted bicycles under the same regulations as motorcycles, according to the Bermuda Road Safety Council.
Dennis Lister III, chairman of the RSC, repeated calls for the increasingly pop...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell