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A fundraising drive to help a seriously ill schoolboy get treatment in Britain has beaten its original $5,000 target.
Masante Maryam launched a GoFundMe page two weeks ago for her son Shadoni Place, 6, whose rare condition — idiopathic thrombocytope...
DATE: Aug 15, 2018
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Sarah Lagan
A 50-year-old cyclist injured in a crash this month has died.
Keith Trott passed away yesterday in the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, where he had been treated since the crash on August 2, the first day of Cup Match.
The crash happened at about 1...
DATE: Aug 15, 2018
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The National Dance Foundation of Bermuda is delighted to announce the awarding of six scholarships and bursaries to some of Bermuda’s most talented young dancers, thanks to the generosity of both individual and corporate donors. This dance scholarshi...
DATE: Aug 15, 2018
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Bermudian Terron Webb has won the Nevis Junior Calypso Competition for the second year in a row.
Terron, 13, who moved to live in St Kitts several years ago, beat 13 other competitors who ranged in age up to 17.
He said: “The best part of performing...
DATE: Aug 15, 2018
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A mound of trash has caused an eyesore on one of Bermuda’s most scenic routes for several days.
It is thought some Paget residents were unaware of a change to their collection day, meaning when they left out bags of garbage it was already too late.
O...
DATE: Aug 14, 2018
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Fiona McWhirter
A West End sea clean up carried out as penance by a man caught dumping trash bags in a bay was a success, an environmental charity said yesterday.
Jonathan Hodgkins, 19, offered to lead a clean up of Mangrove Bay after he was caught on film throwing ...
DATE: Aug 14, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
A national disabled games could be held in Bermuda, sports minister Michael Weeks said on Friday.
Mr Weeks told the House of Assembly that consultation aimed at helping disabled people get involved in sports should finish next month and that an actio...
DATE: Aug 14, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who claimed he was a hero after he set off a fire alarm in Magistrates’ Court was jailed for six months yesterday.
Jerry Williams, 54, said he triggered the alarm at the Dame Lois Browne-Evans Building in Hamilton because he saw someone in the ...
DATE: Aug 14, 2018
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Long sessions in the House of Assembly and dozing politicians are a normal part of politics, present and former MPs insisted yesterday.
Mark Pettingill, who stood down before the 2017 General Election, said that the job of an MP was often exhausting...
DATE: Aug 14, 2018
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A mother is raising cash to take her sick six-year-old son to Britain for treatment for a rare blood problem that could cause massive internal bleeding and death.
Masante Maryam said that her son, Shadoni Place, who has suffered severe health problem...
DATE: Aug 14, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan