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A Sandys man pleaded guilty yesterday to his involvement in a Cup Match fight.
Khalif Williams, 20, was one of several men charged in connection with the fight, which broke out at St George’s Cricket Club on the second day of Cup Match on August 4.
A...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A total of eight secondary schools got a $30,000 boost from a reinsurance firm’s charity programme.
PartnerRe handed over the cash at the end of this year’s Dollars for Hours scheme, which paired pupils with charities on community projects and paid t...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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New legislation will improve the regulation of the island’s care homes and nursing homes.
The Residential Care Homes and Nursing Homes Amendment Act 2017 was presented to the House of Assembly on Friday by Kim Wilson, Minister of Health.
Ms Wilson sa...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A nature charity’s conservation plan in Somerset has been hit by damage to fencing at a protected reserve.
Work by the Audubon Society at Somerset Long Bay nature reserve is now on hold because of the expensive damage.
The group has appealed for thos...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Replacements for Swing Bridge and Longbird Bridge are in the pipeline after a contract for design work was handed to a British team.
Both of the East End structures have suffered major deterioration in recent years, and Swing Bridge was subject to em...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermuda’s status as a co-operative tax jurisdiction has been reaffirmed by the European Union’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council.
But the British media have highlighted that Bermuda is among 47 jurisdictions warned to take extra steps to preven...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda International Film Festival organisers today called on island film-makers to submit short films.
The top 20 submissions will be picked and shown as part of BerMovie Day, which will open the 2018 festival.
The films will be shown at the Earl C...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A total of 21 crashes were reported over the weekend with 11 resulting in some form of injury, police said this morning.
Three of the collisions resulted in serious injuries, a further eight resulted in minor injuries and ten caused damage only. Add...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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Other
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A cruise ship passenger who sufferred a suspected stroke was evactuated to Bermuda in the early hours of Monday morning.
The 72-year-old man onboard the Seven Seas Explorer was picked up by pilot boat and taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital b...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Local residents had the chance to see Bermuda’s Carifesta performers in action on Sunday evening.
The participants who performed in Barbados in August put on a Carifesta Showcase back home at the Ruth Seaton James Centre for the Performing Arts.
Perf...
DATE: Dec 05, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff