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A former judge from New York and his wife were devastated when a plan to revisit their honeymoon spot of Bermuda for their golden anniversary was disrupted by Hurricane Florence.
Peter and Mary Boggia’s cruise from New York to Dockyard on the Norwegi...
DATE: Sep 14, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Staff at a drug prevention charity have completed an international training course designed to help youngsters cope better at school.
Lisa Brewster, Marina Sousa and Samantha Smith of Pride completed the affiliate trainer course in the Promoting Alt...
DATE: Sep 14, 2018
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Staff from the Fairmont Southampton helped to spruce up a primary school in preparation for the start of the new school year.
Thirteen hotel employees worked at the parish’s Heron Bay Primary School as part of their back-to-school community service ...
DATE: Sep 14, 2018
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A six-day youth programme that focused on personal development has held its closing ceremony.
More than 100 people, including Michael Weeks, the Minister of Social Development and Sport, attended the event at the Mirrors SuperCamp junior forum.
Mr We...
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A plan to axe middle schools in favour of specialist “signature” schools has to be backed with hard facts, a top international academic warned yesterday.
Peter Cookson, senior researcher at the Learning Policy Institute, based in Washington DC, said ...
DATE: Sep 14, 2018
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A scientist dubbed “a robotics legend” by business magazine Forbes is to make a presentation at a major conference in Bermuda.
Ayanna Howard will discuss whether humans should trust robots at the TEDx event next month.
Dr Howard is a lecturer, rese...
DATE: Sep 14, 2018
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Sarah Lagan
A teenager was given a second chance to turn his life around yesterday after he admitted a $7,400 burglary.
Elyon Adonai’s 15-month prison sentence was suspended for two years and magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo told him it was an opportunity to keep out ...
DATE: Sep 14, 2018
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Bermudian on vacation in the Philippines said last night the country was braced for the impact of a major typhoon.
Terrilyn Griffiths said she was nervous about Typhoon Mangkhut, a Category 4 storm, but Filipinos in the area she is staying did not ...
DATE: Sep 14, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
An elderly female driver threatened by an extortionist dubbed “the motorcycle bandit” said yesterday that she had faced down the con artist.
Christine Farrington, 86, was targeted by the man, who demanded money after he claimed she had hit his bike t...
DATE: Sep 14, 2018
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The home affairs ministry stepped into a row last night about three redundancies at power firm Ascendant.
The move came after three Bermudian marketing staff lost their jobs last week at Ascendant, parent company of Belco, and their roles were outsou...
DATE: Sep 14, 2018
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