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Officers from the Royal Bermuda Regiment joined counterparts from the Caribbean and the UK for a course run on the island for the first time.
RBR junior officers, with soldiers from the Cayman Islands Regiment, the Turks & Caicos Islands Regiment, Ar...
DATE: Mar 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A survey of charities and other non-profit organisations is expected to gather information about working practices and demographics in the sector.
The Non-profit Alliance of Bermuda has launched the study to “capture much-needed data”.
Kendra-Lee Pea...
DATE: Mar 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police have traced a woman missing since Wednesday, it was announced tonight.
A police spokesman said Amtina Tweed, 59, known as “Tina”, had been “located and is safe”.
He added: “The Bermuda Police Service would like to thank the public for their as...
DATE: Mar 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Police have confirmed that a 89-year-old man who was seriously injured in a fire in a Devonshire apartment block on Thursday has died.
The man, who has not yet been named by police, was seriously injured in the fire on Devon Spring Lane.
A spokesman ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A massive pop art-style mural designed to honour the island’s first Olympic gold medal-winner is close to the finish line.
Artists Kendra L. Earls and Shanna Hollis said they expected the 12-by-30ft painting on the General Post Office in Hamilton to...
DATE: Mar 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An elderly man suffered serious injuries after a fire in an apartment block yesterday.
Firefighters rescued the man from the burning building after they were alerted to the fire in a first-floor apartment at 1 Devon Spring Lane, Devonshire, at about...
DATE: Mar 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The island should brace for increases in the price of electricity, fuel and imported goods because of Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, a government MP has warned.
Christopher Famous, a Progressive Labour Party backbencher, said the war, no...
DATE: Mar 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Emergency services will take part in an oil spill exercise in the east end today.
The Royal Bermuda Regiment, Marine and Ports staff, the coastguard and firefighters will take part in the drill at Whalebone Bay, Ferry Reach, to test the island’s abil...
DATE: Mar 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Two students won $1,500 in prize money for their essays on notable Black people throughout Bermuda’s history.
Amaris Munya, a Year 8 Warwick Academy pupil, received $1,000 after she came first in Conyers’ Black History Month Essay Competition.
Jordan...
DATE: Mar 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A string of Canadian universities is to run a virtual event designed to attract Bermudian youngsters to study in the country’s Atlantic provinces.
Eight universities will take part in the session and topics covered will include an overview of educat...
DATE: Mar 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
