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Representatives from the United States Coast Guard are in Bermuda to assess how they could help in the event of a major oil spill.
The visit stems from an agreement signed by both countries in 1976, stating that assistance could be provided by the Un...
DATE: Sep 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
BSMART Foundation donated school supplies for all students entering P1 in government schools.
Pupils received pencil cases filled with essential items as part of the BSMART Boxes project, which is now in its third year.
Allison Figureido, the executi...
DATE: Sep 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A 19-year-old man who led police on a chase through Pembroke has been banned from the roads.
Prosecutors said officers were in a marked police car at the intersection of St John’s Road and Cedar Avenue when they saw Jecoa Thomas riding a motorcycle w...
DATE: Sep 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Zoological Society has selected 2018 recipients of the Steinhoff/BZS scholarship and, for the first time, the Pye Scholarship.
Mr. Robert Steinhoff, former BZS president, established the Steinhoff/BZS scholarship in 2009 to provide educ...
DATE: Sep 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Bermuda’s Premier and Minister of Health took part in lunchtime exercise event.
David Burt and Kim Wilson joined the Dance Walk when it visited the Cabinet Office yesterday.
The session, held quarterly, is to promote a healthy lifestyle.
It also se...
DATE: Sep 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Dozens of summer camps completed a SunSmart Accreditation programme set up by the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre.
Camps were required to develop policies to minimise the danger of excessive ultraviolet radiation exposure for students and staff outd...
DATE: Sep 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A former accountant-general is the new Registrar of Companies.
Ken Joaquin, who also served as permanent secretary for the health ministry, replaced Stephen Lowe, who retired this year.
The Ministry of Finance said Mr Joaquin had more than 15 years o...
DATE: Sep 18, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A collision investigator told a Supreme Court jury yesterday that the car that killed mother of two Kerry Hollis lost control because the driver was going too fast on a wet road.
Collisha Burch, 31, from Warwick, has denied causing Ms Hollis’s death ...
DATE: Sep 18, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former pharmacist at the island’s general hospital has launched legal action against the Bermuda Hospitals Board for negligence that led her to need life-saving surgery overseas.
Dionne Smart claimed doctors at the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital...
DATE: Sep 18, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 40-year-old Bermudian man has been arrested in Miami for an alleged attempt to smuggle 295 grams of cocaine to Bermuda stuffed down his pants.
The Southern Florida District Court said Micah Jimenez, 40, was stopped in Miami International Airport on...
DATE: Sep 18, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell