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A man who admitted two sex offences against a girl will undergo two psychiatric reports and a social inquiry report.
Khayriek Woolridge, 27, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court on Monday to two counts of committing an indecent act in front of a chil...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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An appeal on “some points” of a Supreme Court ruling in favour of the Prison Officers Association against a Labour Disputes Tribunal is to be lodged, the Government said yesterday.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said that the Govern...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
School projects ranging from pop art-inspired recycled sneakers to soul food were showcased at Somersfield Academy yesterday.
The projects were among the work displayed by M5 pupils as part of their International Baccalaureate middle-year programme, ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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The pluses and pitfalls of life online are the focus of a conference, running tomorrow and Friday, with 800 middle and high school students invited to attend.
Brought by the Bermuda Government’s Department of ICT Policy and Innovation, the third annu...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A student taken under the wing of the island’s most famous conservationist has followed in his footsteps by studying for a doctorate in the study of birds.
Miguel Mejías, 32, said that he expected to finish his PhD in ornithology at a university in C...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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A network of privacy experts could develop in Bermuda after the introduction of legislation designed to protect personal information, the island’s new Privacy Commissioner has predicted.
Alexander White explained that the sector was a “boom industry”...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A 41-year-old man appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday charged in connection with a crash that killed a young woman two years ago.
Terrance Walker, from Pembroke, is alleged to have caused death by driving without due care and attention.
Jen-Nay...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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Cuts could be made to the price of prescription drugs if the Government worked with other countries to negotiate better rates, the health watchdog’s chief executive said yesterday.
Ricky Brathwaite, head of the Bermuda Health Council, explained that ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Plumes of smoke from Belco’s North Power Plant were caused by tests run on its new generators, the company said yesterday.
A spokesman for Ascendant Group, the parent company of the electricity producer, said that tests had twice caused “brief discha...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The One Bermuda Alliance challenged whether David Burt misled the House of Assembly on Friday night.
The Premier accused the pressure group Patients 1st, which opposes the Government’s health plan 2020, of being “run by the insurance companies”.
The ...
DATE: Feb 20, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell