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Four Bermudian students spent most of last month immersed in French language and culture, thanks to the L’Alliance Française des Bermudes.
The 3½-week programme, supported by the Christian Humann Foundation, sent teenagers Ywione Darrell, J.P. Didyk,...
DATE: Aug 06, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A parliamentary report on the management of sex offenders has been hailed as a huge victory by sexual abuse prevention charity Saving Children and Revealing Secrets.
Debi Ray-Rivers, the founder and executive director of Scars, and Jon Brunson, the c...
DATE: Aug 06, 2018
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This parliamentary session is the second longest in history, the Premier has said.
The Throne Speech laying out the Government’s legislative agenda was read last September and the House of Assembly has sat 37 times since.
Mr Burt said the long sessio...
DATE: Aug 06, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Increased security measures are to be implemented at the General Post Office this month.
Beginning on August 20, after-hours access to the mailbox area will be by keypad access and will require mailbox users to have a five-digit personal identificat...
DATE: Aug 06, 2018
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Other
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News Staff
A book focusing on crafts in Bermuda has won an honourable mention in the culture category of the Eric Hoffer Awards.
The book, Hands On! The Art of Traditional Crafts and Play in Bermuda by Shirley Pearman, frames the experience of childhood play wi...
DATE: Aug 06, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A Jamaican man convicted of smuggling cocaine to Bermuda has had his sentenced increased by the Court of Appeal.
Dwayne Watson was originally sentenced to six years behind bars, but he will now serve nine years after prosecutors argued the sentence w...
DATE: Aug 06, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police want people to come forward with video footage of a fight on the water.
Two men and a woman were injured in the incident in the area of Paradise Lakes last night, shortly after 8pm.
Police said several videos are circulating on social media in...
DATE: Aug 06, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Owners of vacation rental properties have been given extra time to register.
The deadline to sign up, originally last month, has been set for August 24, according to the Ministry of Economic Development and Tourism, and the Ministry of Home Affairs.
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DATE: Aug 06, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 46-year-old visitor was fined $2,000 today for importing cannabis and having drug equipment.
Randolph Knight, from Atlanta, Georgia, pleaded guilty to bringing cannabis and cartridges containing tetrahydrocannabinol — the active ingredient in cann...
DATE: Aug 06, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A Devonshire man who gave a false name to police was fined today for attempting to pervert the course of justice.
Kyree Burch, 26, was also fined and banned from the roads for 18 months for driving while impaired on Saturday.
The court heard that pol...
DATE: Aug 06, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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