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Ageing smokestacks at the Belco power station that were blamed for pollution are to be shut down by the end of the year, the company revealed yesterday.
Belco said the decommissioning should cut down on discharges that have blighted the lives of neig...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A woman who admitted driving home from a Christmas party under the influence was banned from the roads and fined yesterday.
Janae Armstrong, 41, from Warwick, pleaded guilty to the offence at Magistrates’ Court.
The court heard that police followed A...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A “young and dumb” teenager involved in a police chase on a stolen bike was shown leniency in court yesterday after he promised to turn his life around.
Shae Hassell, 19, was spared a $1,970 fine, and given a two-year conditional discharge and 95 hou...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Former parliamentarian William Milner Cox, a member of the vaunted “Class of ’68”, has died. He was 91.
Mr Cox was among a group of MPs who won seats in the 1968 election and were to make their mark on the Bermudian political landscape in the followi...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A mentally disabled sex offender will learn today if a suitable home has been found for him so he can comply with his probation order.
Khayriek Woolridge, 27, was sent to Westgate prison on Monday after he was kicked out of the Mid-Atlantic Wellness ...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A permanent Covid-19 testing site for travellers opened in Hamilton yesterday at the Perot Post Office on Queen Street.
The announcement by Kim Wilson, the health minister, came as 734 new test results for coronavirus came back clear.
Ms Wilson thank...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who appeared in Magistrates’ Court to face assault charges was confirmed yesterday to be police officer.
A spokesman for the Bermuda Police Service said that Sean Kelly, a constable, had been suspended from duty in the wake of the allegations.
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DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
On July 31st, 2020, a former Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) employee was gifted a basil plant, which had been purchased at a local plant nursery.
Accompanying the yellowing basil plant was a healthy, vigorously growing dodder ...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
BASE is pleased to share that it was recently able to make donations to students and families with Autism and other sensory challenges who attended Camp Pawpaw this summer.
Fourteen students were each given a gift bag filled with a variety of sensor...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
The bus service was due to resume at 11.30am today.
Buses were expected to be down between 10am and 1pm as drivers and management held a meeting over the school service which is due to resume in September.
The Department of Public Transportation anno...
DATE: Aug 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff