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A dog owner was yesterday charged with owning two pitbulls alleged to have savaged several family pets.
Kiare Hollis, 41, pleaded not guilty in Magistrates’ Court to keeping a male pitbull, named Cuddles, and a female pitbull, named Grace, that kille...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The island’s emergency services are plagued by staff shortages, poor buildings and ageing equipment, the national security minister said yesterday.
Renee Ming said that overtime pay for police, fire and prison officers was necessary because of staff ...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The year-long battle against the Covid-19 pandemic was remembered by the health minister yesterday as the island marks the anniversary of the island’s first cases today.
Kim Wilson admitted she was almost overwhelmed in the pandemic’s early stages as...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The relocation of a special education school could create better environment for children with learning difficulties, the Minister of Education said yesterday.
Diallo Rabain said that the Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy in Devonshire, was “bursting a...
DATE: Mar 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
More than 200 customers of Belco in central Pembroke and Hamilton are in darkness tonight after a power outage.
The power cut, said to have begun around 10pm, affected customers in western Hamilton from Burnaby Street to Rosemont Avenue and extended ...
DATE: Mar 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Salvation Army has new leadership in Bermuda.
Majors Rob and Shelley Kerr, a husband and wife team, arrived in Bermuda this month and will complete their Covid-19 quarantines this week.
Mr Kerr will be divisional commander and Ms Kerr will be d...
DATE: Mar 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A batch of Bermudian words has been added to the Oxford English Dictionary for the first time – along with a guide on how to pronounce them.
Aceboy, Gombey, greeze, mice, and mug are among the new entries, included because of Bermudian linguist Rosem...
DATE: Mar 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A fresh appeal to solve a gun murder and an attempted murder one year on was made today by police.
Clarke Fox died after he was shot on March 17, 2020 on Court Street, Hamilton and Kyari Flood was wounded.
Senior Investigating Officer Detective Inspe...
DATE: Mar 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Tributes have been paid to limbo dancing legend Kenneth “Kenny” Bean Jr, who died on Saturday.
The Bermuda Entertainment Union said Mr Bean was Bermuda’s first limbo dancer and also founded a number of nightclubs.
The BEU said Mr Bean was also a co...
DATE: Mar 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Ministry of Education has announced that recent Covid-19 outbreaks have forced the cancellation of the Learning First pop–up events scheduled for today and Friday.
Today’s event was scheduled to be held at the Slat House at Botanical Gardens...
DATE: Mar 17, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
