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A schoolmate’s good deed inspired a ten-year-old girl to help a charity.
Alaysia Glasford, a primary 6 pupil at Paget Primary School, handed $340 collected instead of Christmas gifts to the Bermuda Society for the Blind on Tuesday.
She said: “Every t...
DATE: Jan 18, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Cabinet Office minister Walton Brown revealed yesterday that the Government has not found the money for a Commission of Inquiry into “land grabs” and property theft, nor has it asked Britain to pay for one.
Mr Brown, who first proposed an inquiry and...
DATE: Jan 18, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A social media feud between would-be gangsters in Britain led to the murder of Lyrico Steede, a 17-year-old Bermudian student fatally stabbed last year in Nottingham.
Nottingham Police traced the killing on the night of February 13 to a squabble over...
DATE: Jan 18, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A flight of Royal Air Force Typhoon fighter jets touched down at the airport yesterday.
A spokeswoman for airport operators Skyport said the visit by the four jets was “a routine stop”.
The Typhoons were accompanied by a Voyager Airbus 330 tanker/tra...
DATE: Jan 18, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The motoring public is reminded that traffic diversions and parking restrictions will be in effect for the 2019 Invitational Front Street Mile running races tonight.
The event is part of the Bermuda Marathon Weekend taking place from Friday, January ...
DATE: Jan 18, 2019
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Press Release
The Department of Parks is issuing its annual advisory regarding bonfire permits and the guidelines for dogs and horses in Bermuda’s National Parks.
As a reminder, Bermuda’s National Parks comprise of all public parks and public beaches.
And in acco...
DATE: Jan 18, 2019
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Press Release
A charity took its support sessions behind bars to help women in prison learn how to cope with life outside.
The Women’s Resource Centre teamed up with Tina Laws Consulting to deliver their first programme designed to equip inmates with the skills an...
DATE: Jan 17, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Three new schemes to develop young talent will be investments in the future of Bermuda, the Premier said yesterday.
David Burt announced the programmes, to benefit ten young people at a cost of about $70,000, in line with a Throne Speech pledge last ...
DATE: Jan 17, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Opportunities in Bermuda will be promoted to global business leaders in Europe next week.
David Burt, the Premier, will lead a team of three to Davos, Switzerland, to attend the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting.
He said he was the only head of a...
DATE: Jan 17, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A former premier is backing a call to remove the man who claimed Bermuda for Britain from the annual Cup Match holiday and replace him with a former slave who became a hero of the abolitionist movement.
Dame Jennifer Smith is supporting a proposal by...
DATE: Jan 17, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell