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The Commissioner of Police is to be allowed to challenge an order to reinstate an officer fired for gross misconduct.
The Public Service Commission ruled last August that Police Constable Oswin Pereira should not have been dismissed over allegations ...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An amateur photographer got the shot of a lifetime when she captured a humpback whale leaping out of the water off South Shore.
Sue Correia said yesterday: “I didn’t think the photo was that great – it was so far away, probably about 100 yards off t...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Minister of Education yesterday reassured parents that no schools will close in September.
Diallo Rabain emphasised that primary school registration would go ahead as normal later this month and in February.
He was speaking after the launch of ...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Schoolchildren will be able to sit most of their exams this summer – even though tests have been cancelled in the UK because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Public and private school students on the island sit exams set by UK examination boards.
GCSEs f...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A social inquiry report was ordered on a man who admitted four charges of attempting to smuggle contraband into prison.
Dimitri Swan, 24, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court on Monday to an attempt to take cannabis, cigarette papers, tobacco and can...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Public school pupils will return to the classroom today after last term ended early because of the coronavirus pandemic.
In-class learning resumes today after the new term started on January 5 with remote learning.
A Ministry of Education spokespers...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Supreme Court has found there was no evidence to convict a man accused of a 2016 bike theft and robbery.
Shayne James was charged with the two offences after his fingerprints were found on the stolen motorcycle and a helmet after a high-speed cha...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A total of five new cases of the coronavirus were reported last night – all among residents returned from the United States.
One case arrived last Wednesday on the Delta flight from Atlanta and tested positive on Day 4.
The rest tested positive on ar...
DATE: Jan 13, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The annual Restaurant Weeks celebration of Bermudian cuisine kicks off its tenth anniversary this week.
The festival, extended to four weeks from the usual three, starts on Thursday and will run to February 11.
More than 30 restaurants and bars will ...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
It’s time to take down the tree.
Christmas trees will be collected from people’s homes over the next two Saturdays.
Trees in Sandys, Southampton, Warwick and Paget and on Tee Street and Kent Avenue in Devonshire will be collected this Saturday, the...
DATE: Jan 12, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
