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Income inequality and its connection to racial disparities must be addressed to help combat gun crime, a government MP claimed yesterday.
Rolfe Commissiong, whose Pembroke South East constituency has been hit by violence over the past decade, feared ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The loss of TN Tatem Middle School is “like a death”, a former teacher said yesterday.
The teacher, who asked not to be named, said that current and former teachers were “heartbroken” by the decision to permanently close the Warwick public school.
S...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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The Royal Bermuda Regiment is on the hunt for new recruits to sign up for the country’s first Coast Guard.
A total of nine full-time posts are available — four boatswain’s mates, four marine enforcement specialists and one maritime unit commander.
Ma...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The head of a Massachusetts ship maker who engineered and built Bermuda’s first two fast ferries, and several pilot boats and tugs still working in local waters, has died at 86.
George Duclos was chief executive of Gladding-Hearn, a shipbuilding firm...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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Bermuda’s education minister was guarded yesterday on whether more public schools would be closed in the future.
Diallo Rabain said that the decision to close TN Tatem Middle School, in Warwick, would provide a “framework” if other closures were to ...
DATE: Feb 21, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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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