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A lounge has been created for teenagers looking for help with school or time away from home.
The Teen Lounge, created by the Coalition for the Protection of Children, is offering a space for youngsters to study, seek counselling or help build friends...
DATE: Aug 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A judge has overruled a decision by the Senior magistrate to order the Crown to pay the legal expenses of a man accused of speeding.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe made the order after prosecutors failed to provide a witness statement from the officer...
DATE: Aug 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police have renewed a call for witnesses to a fatal stabbing four years ago.
Jahkobi Smith was stabbed on the evening of July 29, 2017, after an altercation at the wake for Jahcari Francis at the West End Sailboat Club.
Police and EMTs rendered assis...
DATE: Aug 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A bicycle race this weekend is expected to impact traffic in the west end, according to the Ministry of Public Works.
In a statement, the ministry said a road race organised by the Bermuda Bicycle Association will begin at 8am on Sunday and should be...
DATE: Aug 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Mayor of St George brought the sunshine to a UK coastal town last week while on a visit to commemorate Sir George Somers, who helped to found Bermuda.
George Dowling III and several members of the Corporation of St George’s visited the town of L...
DATE: Aug 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man was jailed for six months yesterday after he declined to pay fines totalling $7,250.
Magistrate Maxanne Anderson jailed Malcolm Symonds after he told Magistrates’ Court that he could not afford to pay and instead opted to be jailed.
She said: “...
DATE: Aug 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Bermudian artist Gherdai Hassell is being featured in an exhibition of Black visionary artists by world-renowned auction firm Christie’s.
The exhibition, in partnership with curator Destinee Ross-Sutton, is the second edition of Say It Loud: Visionar...
DATE: Aug 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Two Bermudian girls were awarded scholarships from an American-based sorority for Black women.
De’Asia Symonds and Talliyah Butterfield will attend Bermuda College with the help of funds given by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority’s Sigma Xi Omega Chapte...
DATE: Aug 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A fight broke out between two men – one wielding a machete and another armed with a helmet – near Lindo’s supermarket in Devonshire yesterday afternoon.
Police responded to the incident shortly after 5pm and both men were arrested on the scene.
Bot...
DATE: Aug 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Traffic will be restricted on a section of Middle Road this weekend as Belco trenching work continues in Warwick.
A Ministry of Public Works spokesman said that work will be carried out near the junction of Middle Road and St Mary’s Road between 7.30...
DATE: Aug 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes