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Lack of money will never be a barrier to learning, the education minister pledged yesterday.
Diallo Rabain said more than 300 students in financial need had benefited from grants at Bermuda College during the autumn and spring terms of 2017-18.
Mr Ra...
DATE: Mar 03, 2018
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All ferry routes have been suspended until further notice due to bad weather.
This morning brought strong winds, rain and minor flooding across the island, and the Bermuda Government urged the public to use care and caution when travelling on the roa...
DATE: Mar 03, 2018
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Hundreds of people lost power as a result of strong winds this weekend.
And a Storm Warning has been issued for tomorrow afternoon and evening.
Ken Smith, meteorologist with the Bermuda Weather Service, added that a Gale Warning would again be in ef...
DATE: Mar 03, 2018
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A range of charities are to get a boost from the XL Catlin End-to-End walk this year.
The Bermuda Sloop Foundation, cancer charity Pals, the Bermuda School of Music and Bermuda Diabetes Association will all benefit from the May 5 event.
The Royal Gaz...
DATE: Mar 02, 2018
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The construction firm that built the failed Sandys 360 sports centre is still owed more than $1 million almost nine years after work was completed.
BCM McAlpine was never paid in full after being hired for the $10 million job and its smaller subcontr...
DATE: Mar 02, 2018
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Sam Strangeways
Bermuda will face an “unprecedented” week without a shipping service as Hamilton’s docks shut down this month for urgent repairs.
The decision to resurface the dock area took distributors by surprise. Jim Butterfield, owner of food distributors Butte...
DATE: Mar 02, 2018
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Jonathan Bell
A 17-year-old boy appeared in a Nottingham youth court today, charged with the murder of 17-year-old Lyrico Steede.
According to the Nottingham Post, the unidentified boy will go before the Crown court on Monday. He was remanded in custody.
The newsp...
DATE: Mar 02, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A tax on high-sugar sweet products will have a sour effect on small businesses, the owner of a bakery in St George’s warned yesterday.
Kamilah Cannonier, of Sweet Saak Bakery, said the Government should reconsider the tax and predicted it would drive...
DATE: Mar 02, 2018
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Procedures to register charities are to be overhauled in the next financial year, the Minister of Home Affairs has announced.
Walton Brown said a first phase would allow the transfer of data to a secure online database “accessible for the public sear...
DATE: Mar 02, 2018
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The Ministry of Health has been swamped with Public Access to Information requests, the health minister has said.
Kim Wilson added the volume of inquiries had used up “a tremendous amount of staff time”. She said: “The impact of Pati has been signifi...
DATE: Mar 02, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell