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Cup Match festivities ended with a splash yesterday as beach goers flocked to the West End for one last holiday swim.
Hundreds of people moored in Mangrove Bay and took to the water on inflatable rafts while more sat on the shores to enjoy the sunshi...
DATE: Aug 05, 2019
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A joint-services marine team rescued six US tourists after their rental boat capsized in heavy waves yesterday.
The Royal Bermuda Regiment and police team on police boat Rescue 2, deployed as part of the marine security element for the traditional No...
DATE: Aug 05, 2019
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Would-be astronauts can reach for the stars at a summer camp this month, the Minister of Home Affairs has revealed.
Walter Roban said he was “really excited” about the opportunity for students to learn more about the space industry.
He explained in t...
DATE: Aug 05, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The stocks in the Town of St George could soon have a new home.
The Corporation of St George has submitted a planning application to move the stocks, pillory and whipping post from King’s Square to nearby Ordnance island.
It is planned to set them up...
DATE: Aug 05, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Police Association has accused the Government of “ill feelings” in its employment negotiations.
In a statement sent out this evening, Sergeant Andrew Harewood, the chairman of the BPA, said the Government’s refusal to honour a partial agr...
DATE: Aug 05, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bacchanal Run (Photographs by Akil Simmons)
DATE: Aug 04, 2019
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Public school staff will be responsible for keeping their school websites up to date, a ministry spokeswoman said.
She added that the Ministry of Education’s website and individual school websites would be updated for the start of the new school yea...
DATE: Aug 03, 2019
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Education
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Graffiti threatening to shoot police is being investigated.
The offensive graffiti appeared around Pembroke on Thursday. One example, found on Happy Valley Road, said: “Shot shot kill cops for Cup Match.”
A police spokesman said: “The offensive graff...
DATE: Aug 03, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The latest addition to the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s Boat Troop fleet has been christened at Warwick Camp.
John Rankin, the Governor, and Wayne Caines, the national security minister, were among the VIPs that helped commission 41 Juliet — a 27ft Bosto...
DATE: Aug 03, 2019
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A lighthouse keeper and a member of the public turned heroes after a man threatened to jump from the top of Gibbs Hill Lighthouse.
The two talked to the 58-year-old man until police negotiators arrived at the Southampton landmark and talked him down ...
DATE: Aug 03, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes