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A schoolgirl has sprung a sweet surprise on trash collection workers.
Little True Bourne, aged 6, penned a thank-you letter to the island’s unsung heroes who keep the country clean.
She wrote: “Dear sanitation workers, I want to thank you for keepin...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man arrested after an arson attack at a charity is also being investigated in connection with a string of suspicious fires that has plagued the area, police said yesterday.
The arrest was helped by a network of cameras provided by security firms to...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s death toll from Covid-19 has reached 30, the health minister announced last night.
Kim Wilson offered her condolences to the family of the victim as the island marked the second death from the disease inside three days.
The news was anno...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Prison officials have stonewalled questions on claims that a Westgate inmate has been in isolation for a month after he refused to take a coronavirus PCR nasal test on medical grounds.
The inmate’s mother claimed the man could have been exposed to C...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Schoolchildren could be back at their desks by next Monday, it was revealed yesterday.
Deryn Lavell, the head of school at Saltus Grammar, said in a letter to parents and guardians: “We are currently waiting for Government confirmation for a full ret...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
More meteorologists have warned the next hurricane season could be busier than average – although not predicted to match the record-breaking 2020 season.
The Weather Company and North Carolina State University have said that warm surface waters and h...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The island had its wettest April for five years, the head of the weather service said yesterday.
But Mark Guishard, the director of the Bermuda Weather Service, added that the weather was likely to ease up for May and June as unusually harsh winter w...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A motorcyclist could face almost $14,000 worth of fines for two breaches of the Covid-19 curfew and a string of traffic offences.
Harrison Gibbons, 53, was fined $7,050 and banned from the roads for 18 months at Magistrates’ Court after he pleaded gu...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A former daycare worker was yesterday given a two-year conditional discharge after she admitted an assault on a five-year-old boy.
Magistrates’ Court heard how the victim, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was “petrified” after Lenai Caines...
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man yesterday denied a breach of the Covid-19 curfew and damaging an electronic tag.
Eli Hill, 44, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a breach of the Government’s 8pm to 6am curfew and causing $150 worth of damage to the monitoring device....
DATE: May 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson