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Patricia Gordon-Pamplin’s political experience, tempered by calm, is credited with securing her the support of the 12 remaining One Bermuda Alliance MPs as acting leader, while the new Opposition assesses its future.
Ms Gordon-Pamplin was selected as...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A special alumni award to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Association of Bermuda International Companies education awards has been granted.
The news came as 20 new students were given a record-breaking $600,000 in scholarships at a lunchtime ce...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Two friends were shot dead under identical circumstances within about nine months, police say.
Both 20-year-old Jahcari Francis and Isaiah Furbert, 19, were fatally shot inside the same house on Upland Street, Jason Smith, detective sergeant with the...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A Southampton man accused of smuggling drugs into the country has been found not guilty by a unanimous verdict.
Harry Lightbourne, 56, was formally acquitted yesterday afternoon after a weeklong trial in the Supreme Court. Prosecutors had alleged tha...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Benefits for preventive care for mental health are expected to be added to the Standard Health Benefit by early next year, according to Tawanna Wedderburn.
The CEO of the Bermuda Health Council made the announcement at the You Are Not Alone forum ho...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A pickpocket caught on camera stealing a wallet from an 81-year-old man appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday after video footage of his crime went viral.
Dakari Hollis pleaded guilty to stealing the wallet, which contained $450 in cash, as the el...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government Cashiers’ Office on the ground floor of the Government Administration Building has been closed because of flooding.
According to spokesman, “work to restore the Cashiers’ office is under way and it is expected to be open tomorrow durin...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A young musician on vacation in the island paid a dream visit to the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s Warwick Camp to see the Band and Corps of Drums tune up for a performance at Harbour Nights tonight.
James Grassick, 9, who plays for the Peebles Burgh Silv...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Bermuda Shipping and Maritime Authority opens for business on Monday at its new offices on the fourth floor of Mintflower Place on Par-la-Ville Road.
The quango was set up on October 1, 2016 to take over from the former Department of Maritime Adm...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda Hospitals Board has appointed Michael Richmond as Chief of Staff after an “extensive local and international recruitment process”.
Dr Richmond, an anaesthetist with 25 years’ experience, joins BHB on a three-year contract and will lead the te...
DATE: Jul 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
News Staff