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More than 30 soldiers yesterday began two weeks of intensive training at the start of their careers as Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers.
The island trainees were joined by five officer cadets from the new Cayman Regiment, who are in Bermuda to learn a...
DATE: Feb 18, 2020
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More young people have a chance to enrol in a study course in the United States.
A limited number of positions have been made available for Bermuda students to attend the Global Young Leaders Programme in Atlanta this summer — a three-week course des...
DATE: Feb 18, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man denied an assault on his niece and a threat to split her head with a cement block.
Steven Ming, 56, pleaded not guilty yesterday to behaving in a threatening manner towards Nikkisha Ming by picking up a cement block and saying “I’ll split your ...
DATE: Feb 18, 2020
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Court
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Several beacons around the island are unlit, according to marine navigation warnings.
A spokesman for the Ministry of Tourism and Transport said other mechanisms are in place to ensure marine safety.
The spokesman said: “Despite our best efforts, equ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police urged for the public’s help in locating a missing 14-year-old girl, Destiny Winters, along with a missing man, Roger Richardson, 56.
Ms Winters has been repeatedly declared missing from her government care facility.
She is described as a black...
DATE: Feb 17, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Prosecutors will set their sights on tackling financial crime, its director said.
Larry Mussenden, the Director of the Department of Public Prosecutions, said that his department needed more administrative staff to handle an influx of financial crime...
DATE: Feb 17, 2020
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Crime
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An “indiscriminate” gun attack was condemned yesterday after bullets were fired at an apartment, in the island’s fourth shooting into a residence in less than two weeks.
No injuries were reported, but area residents said a one-year-old boy was typic...
DATE: Feb 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
David Burt has challenged the pressure group Patients 1st to reveal its identity and meet with him over its campaign against proposed changes to the health insurance system.
Speaking in the motion to adjourn in the House of Assembly on Friday, the Pr...
DATE: Feb 17, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The national security minister said on Friday that he was not sure who had seen a special report on the island’s prison system.
Wayne Caines told MPs: “I do not know to whom the report was given. We were given a confidential report ... and we’re loo...
DATE: Feb 17, 2020
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Politics
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An information session to learn about a programme to help jobseekers in the hospitality industry will take place today.
It comes ahead of the Learn-to-Earn programme, due to start next month, which pays participants while they train for careers in th...
DATE: Feb 17, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes