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The cost of some food items has increased by almost 30 per cent in the past year, according to the latest figures.
Statistics released by the Government’s Department of Statistics yesterday show that the price of some meat, fresh fruit and vegetable...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The national security minister has vowed to “turn the table on gangs” and “close the borders to drugs and weapons” as he launched a series of monthly town hall meetings held by the Progressive Labour Party on community violence.
Michael Weeks, who wa...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s confirmed active cases of Covid-19 have tumbled to 251, health officials revealed last night – with three people in hospital but no one in intensive care.
Active cases of the virus, which have hovered below 400 for the past few weeks, st...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Three young men were honoured for rediscovering their passion for learning after graduating yesterday from a school named for success.
Shaz Gibson, 17, Jahquandae Armstrong, 17, and Zafiyah Walters, 18, accepted their high-school diplomas from Succes...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
An expert in collisions yesterday maintained that a van at least partially in the wrong lane caused the death of a teenager.
Glenn Luben, a traffic collision investigator from Florida, said he had not been provided with toxicology results before he w...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Support and co-operation from the public led to a “relatively quiet” National Heroes Day weekend regarding serious crime, the Bermuda Police Service said today.
But a spokesman added that 48 arrests were made and more than 120 traffic tickets were is...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A leading US Rotary Club district is profiling Sybil Barrington, the Queen of Bermuda, as a drag performer as part of its events marking Pride month.
Mark Anderson, the man behind Ms Barrington, said he had been picked as a “legendary” drag personali...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermudian authorities have joined in a search for two American sailors who were reported missing in the Atlantic.
Yanni Nikopoulos and Gale Jones, both 65, set out from Virginia on June 8 with plans to sail to the Azores and then Greece, but they con...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The murder of Fiqre Crockwell – six years ago this week – has prompted a fresh appeal from police for the public’s help in bringing his killer to justice.
Mr Crockwell, 30, was shot dead on Woodlands Road, Pembroke, just before 3am on June 20, 2016, ...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Younger Bermudians have been encouraged to show up for a public meeting tonight on the Government’s youth employment strategy.
Jason Hayward, the economy and labour minister, will attend the community engagement event from 6pm to 7.30pm.
The forum wi...
DATE: Jun 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell