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A man was stabbed after a fight with another man last night.
Police said the injured man was rushed to hospital and the other man involved was also taken to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital with “unspecified injuries”.
The incident happened at a...
DATE: Feb 27, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermuda’s “culture of no” towards new business ideas has damaged the island’s tourist industry, a top Bermuda Tourism Authority official has said.
Glenn Jones, director of strategy and corporate communications for the BTA, added that research showed ...
DATE: Feb 27, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A plan to make wheelie bins compulsory in Hamilton should be considered for the entire country, an environmental health specialist said yesterday.
Armell Thomas, the senior Environmental Health Officer, added: “I think that trash should not be picked...
DATE: Feb 27, 2019
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Other
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Swapping pinstripe business suits for combat gear will better prepare young leaders to take on senior posts in civilian life, a top Royal Bermuda Regiment officer said last night.
Major Ben Beasley, the second-in-command of the RBR and the training o...
DATE: Feb 27, 2019
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The island’s top magistrate said yesterday it was “mind-boggling” that he had nowhere other than prison to send a man with mental health and drug problems who admitted punching his mother.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe added that it was “astounding”...
DATE: Feb 27, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The media’s role in shaping perceptions of black Bermudians is among topics for discussion at an “emancipation forum” to be held on Thursday.
The Department of Community and Cultural Affairs invited the public to attend the gathering at 6pm at the Go...
DATE: Feb 27, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A minor crash on South Shore Road in Warwick slowed traffic this morning.
A police spokesman said the collision, which took place near the junction with Cobb’s Hill, caused traffic delays in the area.
But the spokesman confirmed that the area was cle...
DATE: Feb 27, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s Youth Government agreed to support the implementation of a sugar tax during their third annual Bermuda Principles Youth Parliament debate.
The winning team of five students out of the ten that participated argued that the tax was a necessar...
DATE: Feb 27, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A newly formed organisation, Elevating Hope is investing in the education of girls in Sierra Leone. The goal is to support Hope Academy for Girls located in a rural area of this West African country.
Elevating Hope is a registered charity in Bermud...
DATE: Feb 27, 2019
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Other
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Press Release
Local writers were recognised for their contributions this weekend at the 2018 Bermuda Literary Awards.
Jonathan Smith, Lucinda Spurling, Florenz Webbe Maxwell, F. Colin Duerden, Paul Maddern and Clarence Maxwell and the late Cyril Outerbridge Packwo...
DATE: Feb 27, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes