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A woman has celebrated her 107th birthday and been awarded the unofficial title of the oldest person in Bermuda.
Winnifred Childs, known as Winnie, was treated to an outdoor party by family and staff at Westmeath Residential and Nursing Home on Monda...
DATE: Aug 15, 2020
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A teenager was shown mercy in Magistrates’ Court after he pleaded guilty to the theft of a speaker.
Shane Darrell, 19, was given a three-month conditional discharge when he admitted that he stole an $180 speaker because he had one stolen from him.
Th...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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A New York technology firm is poised to move its top management to the island on the basis of “aggressive selling” online of Bermuda’s success in its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, David Burt revealed last night.
The Premier said Bermuda had wo...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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Firefighters kitted out in protective suits dealt with a hazardous materials spill at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital yesterday.
Acting Sergeant Ivan Dyer said that crews responded to a call about a spillage of formalin, a toxic water solution of f...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Tropical Storm Josephine may bring a blessing — some needed tank rain if it approaches the island next week.
Renée Ming, the national security minister, said last night that the Emergency Measures Organisation and the Bermuda Weather Service were mon...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An endangered plant last seen growing in the wild more than a century ago has taken the first step on a comeback from the brink of extinction.
A total of four Governor Laffan’s Ferns planted in the Bermuda Audubon Society’s nature reserve at Sears Ca...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
A Czech court has ruled that the detention of a former Bermuda resident last year was a violation of human rights.
Alan Stevenson, who worked in IT at HSBC from the mid to late 2000s, was held in the country for 4½ months over an alleged credit card ...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A senior who admitted throwing a corrosive liquid at police in a seven-hour stand-off escaped a jail sentence yesterday.
James Dallas, 71, who was released from custody in November last year after nine months in jail, was sentenced in the Supreme Cou...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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A teenager who broke Covid-19 quarantine rules will not face punishment, the health minister said last night.
Kim Wilson said at the regular Covid-19 briefing that the returned resident, who arrived back on the island from Atlanta last month, was “pu...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two men denied seven drug charges yesterday, which included the possession of cocaine valued at more than $17,000.
Steven Easton, 48, and Jason Liburd, 49, pleaded not guilty at Magistrates’ Court to three counts of possession of cocaine with intent ...
DATE: Aug 14, 2020
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