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A graduate from the Bermuda High School for Girls is biding her time to go to a prestigious university in Britain next year.
Erin Jones, 18, said that she hopes to study history at the University of Cambridge in the autumn as long as she stays on top...
DATE: Jun 08, 2020
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A sea of peaceful demonstrators marched through Hamilton yesterday in a mass show of support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
The protest swelled to about 7,000, making it the largest such gathering ever seen in the community, according to police...
DATE: Jun 08, 2020
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Bermudians will get economic opportunities from the legalisation of cannabis, the Attorney-General said.
Kathy Lynn Simmons said proposed new legislation — released for consultation this week after being redrafted by the Government — put more focus o...
DATE: Jun 08, 2020
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A police officer was suspended pending an internal investigation into a social-media post over the weekend.
The officer sparked fury across the community by posting a meme of a car driving over stick figures, with the words “All Lives Splatter. Nobod...
DATE: Jun 08, 2020
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Two private schools have decided to continue with online teaching through to the end of the current academic year this month, rather than have a general reopening of classrooms.
A number of other private schools are assessing what they will do when B...
DATE: Jun 08, 2020
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Education
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A man was banned from the roads for 18 months and ordered to pay almost $7,000 in fines for a string of traffic offences that included riding a motorbike while more than twice the legal alcohol limit.
Dudley Walker, 23, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’...
DATE: Jun 08, 2020
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Court
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A demonstration against racism this weekend has been given the green light by police.
The Bermuda Police Service said organisers have been given permission to hold the march tomorrow, despite Covid-19 restrictions.
Chief Inspector Jerome Laws, who wi...
DATE: Jun 06, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Trailblazing footballer Clyde Best backed protesters yesterday as they prepared to demonstrate in support of the Black Lives Matter campaign tomorrow.
Mr Best, who endured racism during his professional career in England, advised people to learn from...
DATE: Jun 06, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
Teenagers said yesterday that it was important to break down barriers and unite in the battle against racism and inequality.
McKenzie-Kohl Tuckett, Ywione Darrell and Nizae Douglas, members of the island’s Youth Parliament, were speaking before a pla...
DATE: Jun 06, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
A total of 173 coronavirus tests came back clear yesterday.
The news meant the total number of Covid-19 cases remained at 141.
The health ministry there were 18 active cases of the illness, with 12 under public health monitoring.
Six people are in ho...
DATE: Jun 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell