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There was no evidence to show that the driver of a police car involved in a fatal crash drove recklessly or without due care, the Director of the Department of Public Prosecutions said.
Larry Mussenden confirmed that no charges against the officer we...
DATE: Oct 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A new $3.5 million career development centre at Bermuda College is to be funded by four reinsurance firms, it was revealed yesterday.
Athene Holding, Athora Life Reinsurance, Aspen Insurance Holdings and Catalina Holdings teamed up to make the multim...
DATE: Oct 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A new pressure group set up to push power firm Belco to clean its act up is to launch today.
The Bermuda Clean Air Coalition was set up in protest at pollution and other problems caused by the company’s chimneys and machinery.
A spokeswoman for the g...
DATE: Oct 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Bermudian football pioneer and two former team-mates are to be recognised for making English sporting history nearly 50 years ago.
Clyde Best and West Ham United colleagues Clive Charles and Ade Coker became the first three black players to be name...
DATE: Oct 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
The City of Hamilton and island chefs cooked up three nights of entertainment over the weekend at the Taste of Bermuda festival.
The drive-through event, held at the city’s Par-la-Ville car park, offered guests fresh food and cocktails along with mus...
DATE: Oct 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The seasonal flu vaccine will be available from Wednesday, the Ministry of Health has announced.
The ministry said the vaccine would be available from doctors and on a drive-in basis at several “Flu Express” locations island-wide.
A spokeswoman added...
DATE: Oct 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
International Baccalaureate pupils at a private school surpassed the world average pass rate by almost 30 per cent.
Bermuda High School pupils had an average pass rate of 96 per cent in the 2020 IB diploma programme — well above the worldwide 79 per ...
DATE: Oct 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A founder of the Free Democratic Movement said that stronger anti-violence policies were needed to improve the party’s chances of victory in a General Election.
Desmond Crockwell, an anti-violence campaigner and community worker, said he would like t...
DATE: Oct 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A paddle boarder is to take on his next feat in a 50-mile trip from an offshore buoy to a bay.
Matt Carr plans to make his way from a marker south-southeast of Bermuda back to shore on a stand up board.
He said: “I have made it around the island non-...
DATE: Oct 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Royal Bermuda Regiment’s newest soldiers began their military careers yesterday with the start of recruit camp.
A total of 36 rookies arrived at Warwick Camp to start two weeks of training designed to prepare them for life as a soldier.
Private T...
DATE: Oct 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes