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A fake website claiming to offer a gift card giveaway from The MarketPlace supermarket chain is a scam, police warned.
The site has been “deceiving residents with an alleged $250 gift card giveaway to celebrate an unspecified upcoming anniversary”, ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Reports were ordered yesterday on a teenager who admitted possession of a knife and drugs.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Tejai Ford, 17, who was on a motorcycle, was stopped by police on Cobbs Hill, Paget.
The court heard that police became suspici...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A dramatic moment in Bermuda’s history in which a group of enslaved ship passengers won their freedom is up on display at the Bermuda National Library.
The exhibit commemorates a 19th-century court case after the American ship Enterprise reached Berm...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A young man’s account of his descent into crime and the hard lessons brought back was unveiled to the public this week.
Kellan Lewis, 28, told an audience at the Bermuda National Library on Wednesday night: “The purpose of this book is to bring chang...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police raised the alarm over another fraudulent supermarket website soliciting credit card details and other personal information, a day after issuing a similar warning over a fake MarketPlace site.
The Lindo’s Group of Companies website has been ta...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
In partnership with The Eliza DoLittle Society (‘TEDS’), HSBC Bermuda’s (‘HSBC’) workforce strive to address the issue of food insecurity in Bermuda. Since the programme’s inception in 2016, HSBC employees have helped to distribute over 27,000 meals...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
An 18-year-old man has been arrested for attempted murder after a shooting in Pembroke.
Police said the teenager was taken into custody after officers searched a home on Factory Lane in Pembroke at about 5.25pm on Tuesday.
The arrest came after a 22-...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A fire that killed at least 15 children at an orphanage in Haiti has devastated the country, a Bermudian resident said yesterday.
Phillip Rego, who runs an orphanage in Haiti, said: “They’re sad.
“A lot of people sent me a lot of texts — some of the...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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A Grammy Award-winning jazz singer said yesterday she was keen to return to a Bermuda stage next month.
Dianne Reeves, the headline international artist for the 2020 Bermuda Festival of the Performing Arts, said: “It has been a while, but I’m looking...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Members of the island’s teachers union have breached their collective bargaining agreement five times this school year, the education commissioner claimed today.
Kalmar Richards said the Bermuda Union of Teachers “must place children first when takin...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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