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Teen Haven will be in the community this weekend for their annual tag day that starts tomorrow, March 6th. Volunteers will be handing out tags tomorrow and Saturday at various locations across the island. Funds from the tag day support Teen Haven’s ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2020
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Press Release
Nikita Robinson of The Ladies Room on Hott1075 is celebrating Community Readers who have volunteered to read on World Book Day 2020.
From St. George’s to Somerset our community readers will show off their reading skills to our Nursery, and Primary ...
DATE: Mar 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Press Release
No fentanyl overdoses took place at the island’s prison, the House of Assembly heard yesterday.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, told MPs there was “nothing to substantiate” use of the drug.
His comments came after Ben Smith, a One Be...
DATE: Mar 05, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Extra supplies of hand sanitiser are to be imported and handed out free of charge, the Government said last night.
The move came as the island braced itself for the possible arrival of the potential killer coronavirus strain Covid-19.
Kim Wilson, the...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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Health
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The possibility of an on-island centre to treat troubled children is under discussion, the legal affairs minister and Attorney-General has said.
Kathy-Lynn Simmons said: “The ministry is consistently reviewing legislation and services to ensure Bermu...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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A 54-year-old man pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexually assaulting a girl aged under 14 in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe released the defendant, from Warwick, on $5,000 bail and adjourned the case until March 30.
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DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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Two inmates on a programme designed to rehabilitate prisoners with drug problems were rushed to hospital with a suspected overdose of fentanyl.
A source close to the prison service said the latest incident of drug abuse at the Right Living House last...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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A campaign manager for the Progressive Labour Party died suddenly at the weekend.
Keita Wilson was 45.
Ms Wilson helped Tinee Furbert’s successful campaign for the St George’s South seat in the 2017 General Election.
Ms Furbert said: “I am heartbroke...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Work to replace East End bridges could start early next year, a public meeting heard last night.
Austin Kenny, a senior structural engineer for the Department of Works and Engineering, told an audience at Penno’s Wharf in St George’s that the structu...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Defendants waited nearly twice as long to have their cases heard in the Supreme Court last year compared with 2018.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons said in the annual report of the judiciary, a lack of court space and trial judges had caused the wa...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes