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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
Privilege, poverty, crime and leadership were among the topics discussed by summer students as part of the inaugural Future Leaders Programme.
Students from grade 8 to 12 were given the opportunity to take part in the three-week programme, which invi...
DATE: Jul 24, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Consignment store Orange Bay Company is going green with the introduction of a new Bring Your Own Bag initiative.
The Victoria Street shop has put an end to giving away shopping bags with every purchase. Instead, shoppers are asked to bring their ow...
DATE: Jul 24, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The seventh annual Groundswell Lionfish Tournament was another roaring success this year as 92 fish were swept up from the ocean.
There were 110 lionfish hunters this year and the biggest fish caught on the day was 17½ inches, by longtime tournament ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Police are investigating a report of wilful damage at the home of national security minister Wayne Caines.
According to Mr Caines, vandals broke into the pump room and broke a “significant pipe” connected to the water pump last week.
“We made a polic...
DATE: Jul 24, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
UK news outlets have published footage of an altercation that caused a Virgin Atlantic flight to divert to Bermuda and cost a British man $2,000 in fines.
The incident, which took place on May 16, involved a male passenger becoming “disruptive” on a ...
DATE: Jul 24, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes