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East End voters will choose a new mayor at the polls in the Town of St George today.
The race is down to Kenneth Bascome, a former mayor, and George Dowling III, a councillor, after Quinell Francis announced she was to stand down from the role. Hamil...
DATE: May 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The cancellation of a school’s Primary 1 class could split up brothers and sisters or force parents to move them to other schools to keep children together, a worried parent said yesterday.
Teretha Talbot, whose daughter, Brialla, 4, was due to join ...
DATE: May 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Tourist air arrivals in the first three months of the year dropped compared with the same period in 2018, the Bermuda Tourism Authority said yesterday.
But the BTA said the 8.5 per cent drop was partly offset by a 9.1 per cent rise in business air ar...
DATE: May 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 20-year-old man was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday after he admitted to taking part in a chain snatching that ended in a road accident.
Jerome Bailey told Magistrates’ Court that the act was a “mistake” that he regretted making.
He adde...
DATE: May 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Bermuda’s icon of spring, the Easter lily, brought a surprise bounty to the garden of retired taxi driver Quinton Binns, with a giant flower that the lifelong gardener reckons is “a record breaker”.
“It’s like nothing I’ve seen, and I’ve been around ...
DATE: May 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A woman said she was traumatised after a retired police officer turned taxi driver refused to let her out of his cab and later assaulted her.
Judith Wadson, 64, said: “I’m glad it’s behind me, totally behind me.
“It was like being in a nightmare. I w...
DATE: May 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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The owners of a controversial dairy farm accused of causing a stink could face legal action from neighbours if they fail to meet a June 30 deadline to clean up their act.
Almost 400 people have complained about Green Land Dairy Farm in Smith’s and pr...
DATE: May 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Somerset Cricket Club was cleared to receive a liquor licence yesterday after a hearing before the Liquor Licensing Authority.
The club had a hearing after the panel raised concerns about flyers advertising events at the facility last month.
Vashun B...
DATE: May 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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The Bermuda Government’s singling out of BF&M for criticism over health insurance premium increases is clouding the bigger picture of the ramifications of healthcare financing reform.
That is the view of BF&M executives, who said there was much uncer...
DATE: May 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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Yesterday, 8 May, the Minister of Education, The Hon. Diallo Rabain joined the Child Development Programme in presenting two Bermuda College students, Kayla Hollis and Laree Talbot, with a bursary award in the amount of $500 each to support their co...
DATE: May 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Press Release