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Crime rates are at their lowest since records began — but vehicle thefts continue to rise, Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva said yesterday.
He said 750 total offences were recorded between April and June this year — the first time crime rates hav...
DATE: Aug 08, 2014
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Shadow Transport Minister Lawrence Scott has appealed to the Premier to hold an emergency sitting of Parliament to push through tougher road safety laws.
The Progressive Labour Party MP warned politicians that “we can’t sit back and do nothing while...
DATE: Aug 08, 2014
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Five Bermudian students have each been awarded scholarships worth $5,000 towards their studies in the performing arts by the Bermuda Musical and Dramatic Society Charitable Trust.
The recipients of the 2014 Kate Huntington Memorial Bursaries, which ...
DATE: Aug 08, 2014
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Education
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Six of Bermuda’s “best and brightest academic stars” were presented with scholarships totalling around $200,000 at a ceremony on Thursday night.
The Bermuda Government Scholars picked up cheques for up to $35,000 each to help pay for overseas educati...
DATE: Aug 08, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The People’s Campaign has confirmed it will “engage in an escalating strategy” to get Government to resolve the issue of long-term residents gaining Bermudian status via a legal “loophole”.
But the group’s three leaders told The Royal Gazette they al...
DATE: Aug 07, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Transport Minister Shawn Crockwell has expressed alarm at the high number of recent road traffic accidents — and has pledged that Government will soon be taking action to address the issue.
The Minister spoke out after police reported 24 accidents ov...
DATE: Aug 07, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A massive $30,000 donation was yesterday made towards an educational fund for the daughter of a Bermuda Regiment officer killed on duty in England.
The Broad Arrow Freemasons lodge handed over the cash to little Katherine Wheddon, aged five, whose fa...
DATE: Aug 06, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Bank of Bermuda Scholarship Foundation has announced the names of more than 20 awardees, who have earned a combined total of $796,000 for their further education.
Kacee Morton-Simons has been granted the Sir John W Cox Postgraduate Scholarship, w...
DATE: Aug 06, 2014
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Former St George’s Prep principal Mervyn Moorhead has died at the age of 79.
Mr Moorhead taught at St George’s Grammar School and later became principal of St George’s Prep. He died last week. A remembrance service was held in his memory yesterday at...
DATE: Aug 05, 2014
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Premier Michael Dunkley has praised the accomplishments of more than two dozen private and public sector scholarship recipients at two awards ceremonies.
The National Security Minister took part in the 2014 Association of Bermuda International Compan...
DATE: Aug 04, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways