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Police warned the public today about a scam e-mail that used the Premier’s name to promote a bogus investment opportunity.
A police spokesman said that the e-mail, which called David Burt “Prime Minister Burt”, asked people to invest in a cryptocurre...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
An island author has released a new collection of stories about a 1930s private eye.
Jonathan Land Evans said Lordly Watson brought together two novelettes and three short stories about the title character, a private detective who moonlights as a cal...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Pembroke Parish Council’s annual Bermuda College scholarship award and grants has extended the age range and application deadline this year.
Previously limited to high school graduates, the tuition funds are now available to Pembroke residents be...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Firefighters today responded to an alarm at the Belco power plant.
Fire crews reported finding smoke in a switching room at the plant on Pembroke’s Serpentine Road, but no fire.
It was discovered that a faulty pull station had activated and extinguis...
DATE: Jul 15, 2020
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Venetta Symonds started full-time work for the Bermuda Hospitals Board 40 years ago today as one of the first black radiographers at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Her ambition back then was not to become chief executive officer of the entire...
DATE: Jul 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An effort to boost the number of Bermudians employed in the hotel industry is to be launched, the labour minister said yesterday.
Jason Hayward wants to increase Bermudian representation in the sector by 6.5 per cent to 80 per cent.
He also hopes to ...
DATE: Jul 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda’s acute care hospital is “well positioned” for a second wave of Covid-19, its outgoing chief executive has said.
Venetta Symonds, who will retire from the Bermuda Hospitals Board on July 31, added that the organisation’s 1,800 employees had p...
DATE: Jul 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A lawyer has defended controversial comments he made as he appeared for a man who admitted he had sex with a 13-year-old schoolgirl.
Charles Richardson, a barrister, hit out after an online post by Stephen Corbishley, the Commissioner of Police, crit...
DATE: Jul 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A charity appealed to the public yesterday to join a campaign to safeguard children from sex predators in the wake of controversial comments by a defence lawyer.
The Coalition for the Protection of Children launched its social-media drive after barri...
DATE: Jul 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man was taken to hospital at the weekend after he was stabbed several times.
A police spokesman said the victim suffered multiple stab wounds to his upper body, but the injuries were not life-threatening.
The victim was dropped off at the King Edwa...
DATE: Jul 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff