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Bermuda Botanical Society has handed out scholarships to Tiffany Bean, Shane Antonition and Amber Reid.
Tiffany is about to commence an environmental science degree at Trent College, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada and received $4,000.
Shane is studyin...
DATE: Sep 15, 2017
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A 25-year-old cruise ship passenger was today handed a suspended prison sentence for possessing 3.73 grams of cannabis.
Ioas Durham, from Boston, was sentenced to one month in prison, suspended for six months, for the offence that happened in Sandys...
DATE: Sep 15, 2017
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Court
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Bermudians in Britain were urged to be alert of their surroundings after a terror attack in London yesterday.
Police launched a manhunt after an explosion on a District Line train from Wimbledon during the morning rush hour left at least 20 people i...
DATE: Sep 15, 2017
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Health minister Kim Wilson called on all corners of society to jump aboard a national health drive.
Ms Wilson said the 50 Million Steps Challenge will help combat a health epidemic in which 75 per cent of adults are overweight or obese, 33 per cent h...
DATE: Sep 15, 2017
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Politics
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A photo of guns and ammunition circulating on social media is from Barbados, not Bermuda, according to police.
Some had suggested the contraband had been discovered on the island, but police issued a statement stressing that was not the case.
The Ber...
DATE: Sep 15, 2017
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Crime
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News Staff
Recruitment policies by employers will be closely monitored as part of a “next wave of changes” to immigration policy.
Home affairs minister Walton Brown told the House of Assembly other items on the agenda would be an enhancement of the musician ent...
DATE: Sep 15, 2017
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
The cash back for communities programme has been put on hold after its funds were used to cover other government expenses, Parliament heard yesterday.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, told The Royal Gazette that several community grou...
DATE: Sep 15, 2017
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
A spate of bus breakdowns caused a number of cancellations yesterday, according to the Department of Public Transportation.
Oil leaks, air system failures, inoperable bells, steering problems, faulty airbags and doors failing to operate properly were...
DATE: Sep 15, 2017
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Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, declared himself “astounded” at the state of the Bermuda Land Development Company that he discovered upon taking office.
Colonel Burch told the House of Assembly that the BLDC’s finances f...
DATE: Sep 15, 2017
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Politics
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Jonathan Bell
RAF airmen today (FRI) marked the 77th anniversary of the Battle of Britain at the Royal Bermuda Regiment’s Warwick Camp headquarters.
The RAF contingent — the service’s boxing team — is on the island to take part in an international military boxing...
DATE: Sep 15, 2017
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