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Three students have received scholarships totalling $10,000 from the Hamilton Parish Council.
Jahlae Outerbridge was awarded $5,000 to further her studies at Georgia State University studying for a Bachelor of Business Administration degree.
Eryn Bea...
DATE: Sep 02, 2016
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Two scholarships of $5,000 have been awarded by the Bermuda Botanical Society.
The newly-created Edward Manuel Scholarship was awarded to Shane Antonition, who is about to start his final year of BSc (Hons) Environmental Science at Plymouth Universit...
DATE: Sep 02, 2016
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Young tennis talent Daniel Phillips has been given a generous boost for his quest to further his sports career after a $5,000 donation from the Bermuda Marathon Derby.
Eleven-year-old Daniel, the island’s top under-12 player, is raising money to atte...
DATE: Sep 01, 2016
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Jonathan Bell
An international expert has backed up the Bermuda Government’s assertion that the island has a “low risk” of local Zika virus transmission.
However, Jimmy Whitworth, Professor of International Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medic...
DATE: Sep 01, 2016
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Two women who travelled through Bermuda on a luxury cruise liner this summer have been arrested on suspicion of drug smuggling after a huge stash of cocaine was found in a cabin when the liner berthed in Australia.
Melina Roberge and Isabelle Lagace...
DATE: Sep 01, 2016
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Crime
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A 31-year-old Jamaican man is behind bars today after being convicted of trying to smuggle more than $90,000 worth of cocaine into Bermuda.
Yesterday afternoon, at just before 4pm, Tyrone Brown was unanimously found guilty of importing 894g of the dr...
DATE: Sep 01, 2016
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Former St George’s Deputy Mayor Louis “Red” DeSilva has been honoured in wake of his death.
Mr DeSilva, who held multiple posts in the Corporation of St George’s and served as president of the St George’s Cricket Club, was hailed as a dedicated and p...
DATE: Sep 01, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Public works minister Craig Cannonier is investigating how emergency housing tenants racked up rent arrears over “a massive amount of time”.
Mr Cannonier also expressed concern at the late hour he was informed more than 20 families were due to be evi...
DATE: Sep 01, 2016
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Overseas engineers are on the island assessing the potential risk of falling rocks in road cuts and cliffs round the island.
The work is being conducted under the Ministry of Public Works after a large chunk of limestone from the wall crashed on to t...
DATE: Sep 01, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Motorists convicted of drink-driving could be referred to Drug Treatment Court by judges for the first time after a ground-breaking decision by the Supreme Court.
Chief Justice Ian Kawaley ruled that section 68 of Criminal Code, which provides for th...
DATE: Sep 01, 2016
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Court
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