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Two long-serving Salvation Army employees have stepped down following more than a decade of service.
Lionel Cann and Rosemary Phillips were honoured at a standing-room only event held at the organisation’s North Street citadel.
Since 2005, Mr Cann ...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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A homeless man yesterday admitted stealing a bank card from a car and using it to make more than $500 of purchases.
Gavin Hayward, 48, of no fixed abode, pleaded guilty to charges of causing wilful damage and stealing, in addition to four counts of d...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Four stranded jet skiers were rescued by marine police 3 nautical miles north of Tynes Bay on Saturday.
At 2.20pm, Bermuda Radio received a call reporting two broken-down jet skis — one possibly capsized — about a mile east of Dockyard.
Bermuda Radi...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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Police are to hold a community outreach event in North Hamilton this week.
Organised by the force’s Central Action Team, the area’s own CAT officer PC Arthur Dill will be on hand on Court Street in a clinic designed to let the public air their conce...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Walton Brown, the Minister of Home Affairs, turned up in person to bring birthday greetings to renowned Bermudian actor Earl Cameron on his 100th birthday in England.
“It was an honour to meet this distinguished and much-accomplished Bermudian and to...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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Bermuda’s student debate team enjoyed a promising start at this year’s World Schools Debating Championships, although illness forced the group’s withdrawal during the preliminary rounds.
The island was represented in Bali, Indonesia, by Megan Sutclif...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hurricane Gert is no threat to Bermuda as the closest point of approach has passed.
The category one storm was forecast to pass 281 nautical miles to the north-northwest of the island at 8am and had been deemed a potential threat.
In its noon updat...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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Weather
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News Staff
Two men are in custody after police stopped a car containing a gun, ammunition and a controlled drug.
Describing it as “proactive policing”, a spokesman said that officers following a “specific investigation” had cause to stop the vehicle in the area...
DATE: Aug 16, 2017
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than 20 Bermudian students travelled to the village of Magereta in Malawi to build four homes for the needy.
The four families below were chosen by the local branch of Habitat for Humanity and the village council.
Elena Khumbanyiwa, 90, looks af...
DATE: Aug 15, 2017
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A campaign to help amputee Shachkeil Burrows buy an artificial leg has raised more than $22,000 in donations in only four days.
The “Keeping Shach Involved” GoFundMe page was launched last Thursday night to help the 24-year-old, who lost his leg in a...
DATE: Aug 15, 2017
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