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Getting into the Christmas spirit, the Bermuda Post Office (BPO) hosted its annual “Postcard to Someone Special” event this week for nursery and primary school students.
According to the Acting Post Master General, Susan Moore-Williams “Postcard to ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Representatives from the Hilton hotel chain visited Bermuda this week to discuss the Bermudiana Beach Resort.
The vacation hotel/residential development, to be open next summer, will be a part of the hotel’s Tapestry Collection.
Jenna Hackett, global...
DATE: Dec 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man denied a string of theft and prowling charges at Magistrates’ Court today.
Chet Wilmot, 57, from Warwick, pleaded not guilty to five counts of prowling.
The incidents are alleged to have happened on November 20, 25 and 26 in Warwick.
Mr Wilmot ...
DATE: Dec 13, 2019
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Court
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Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, highlighted a culinary book, Pawpaw Bermuda, put together by a Bermudian family in the House of Assembly today.
• To read Lovitta Foggo’s statement in full, click on the PDF under “R...
DATE: Dec 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, called on residents to donate a few hours to the horticultural community cleanup programme scheduled for this weekend.
• To read Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch’s ministerial statement to t...
DATE: Dec 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A motorcyclist who lost his helmet during a police chase admitted drink driving today.
Elisha Thomas, 20, pleaded guilty to the charge in Magistrates’ Court.
The court heard that police followed Thomas’s bike after he ignored a stop sign on North Sho...
DATE: Dec 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Bermuda’s thin blue line has to police itself, the national security minister has said.
Wayne Caines told police they must hold each other accountable in the wake of a 2½-year sentence given to an officer for corruption.
Mr Caines praised the hard wo...
DATE: Dec 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An overseas territory stopped sending children with behavioural issues to residential centres abroad more than a decade ago because young people struggled to return to the communities they left behind.
Laurel Freeman, a social worker in the British V...
DATE: Dec 12, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A couple asked a court to consider whether they should be awarded compensation after their three-year-old son was unlawfully seized by police from their home on the instructions of the island’s child protection agency.
The American pair sought unspec...
DATE: Dec 12, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The family of a seriously ill man facing at least $300,000 in hospital bills claim his insurance company should have been more open about what his health plan covered.
Dandre Outerbridge thought his Standard Health Benefit plan covered overseas medi...
DATE: Dec 12, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy