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Ten kayakers braved a 40-mile journey this weekend to raise almost $30,000 for child sex abuse prevention charity Saving Children and Revealing Secrets.
Scars co-founder and executive director Debi Ray-Rivers said: “Scars truly appreciates all the h...
DATE: Oct 05, 2017
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Conservationist Tony Amos has been recalled by his Bermudian nephew as “an amazing man and an inspiration indeed” in the wake of his passing at the age of 80.
Scientist André Raine paid tribute to the award-winning oceanographer, who died last month ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2017
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Jonathan Bell
A man banned from teaching in Britain because of serious misconduct with a 16-year-old schoolgirl applied for a job at Saltus Grammar School this year.
Matthew McGowan approached Saltus after complaints were raised about his relationship with a pupil...
DATE: Oct 05, 2017
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A fourth man has been jailed for his role in the double murder of Ricco Furbert and Haile Outerbridge.
Gariko Benjamin was jailed for life at Supreme Court yesterday and told he would serve a minimum of 25 years behind bars before he can be considere...
DATE: Oct 05, 2017
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Crime
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Two young men who were part of an armed raid where a homeowner was held up at gunpoint have been jailed.
Wakeem Philpott, Detre Ford and a third man targeted the Barrack Close residence in St George’s on July 1, last year.
Ford stood guard outside th...
DATE: Oct 05, 2017
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Crime
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Pastor Leroy Bean was announced yesterday as Bermuda’s gang violence reduction co-ordinator.
However, Jeff Baron, the former Minister of National Security, questioned the appointment and asked what had happened to Mr Bean’s predecessor in the role. ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2017
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A week of activities are being planned for the 2017 Bermuda Fashion Festival as the event celebrates its eighth year.
The annual event, produced by the City of Hamilton, is set to feature three international fashion shows highlighting work by local a...
DATE: Oct 05, 2017
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Students and unemployed people will be helped into jobs through a workforce development plan, said senator Jason Hayward.
The junior education minister told the Upper House that a $300,000 government grant to Bermuda College had attracted a flurry of...
DATE: Oct 05, 2017
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A Paget woman was today sentenced to 12 months of probation for stealing more than $100 worth of beauty supplies from a Hamilton pharmacy.
Angela James, 45, was found guilty of the offence on August 16 after a trial in Magistrates’ Court.
She was se...
DATE: Oct 05, 2017
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Court
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News Staff
Legislation designed to introduce a more flexible and responsive approach to global communicable disease was today passed in the Senate yesterday.
The Quarantine Amendment Act 2017 and Quarantine (Maritime and Air) Regulations 2017 were supported by ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2017
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Politics
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