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A St David’s woman has denied racially-motivated abuse and threatening behaviour against an Indian man.
This morning, Magistrates’ Court heard that Ciara Martin, 25, made the alleged comments to Norberto Fernandes during a dispute on Chapel Lane, St ...
DATE: Apr 12, 2016
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The 20th annual Rubber Duck Derby was launched today by the Friends of Hospice and Belco.
The event, which will take place on Sunday, June 5, on Ordnance Island and King’s Square in St George’s, aims to raise $200,000 for Agape House and hospice car...
DATE: Apr 12, 2016
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A team of acrobatic students will provide an energy boost to this year’s Agriculture Show when they take to the main stage later this week.
The youth jumpers from the Bermuda Heart Foundation’s Jump 2B Fit programme range in age from 7 to 18 and come...
DATE: Apr 12, 2016
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Bermuda’s public primary schools fell below international averages in the results of the most recent Cambridge Primary Checkpoint results.
The figures, which date back to May of 2015, show Bermuda lagging behind in English, math and science compared ...
DATE: Apr 12, 2016
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Customers booking online in advance for this year’s Bermuda Agricultural Show can skip the queue on the day.
Tickets are available now at www.ptix.bm/agshow for the popular community fair, which returns after a year-long hiatus at the Botanical Garde...
DATE: Apr 12, 2016
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Hundreds gathered on Front Street last night to enjoy the finale of the City Food Festival.
Spectators listened to music and enjoyed tastes from more than a dozen local restaurants, ranging from Jamaican Grill to Port O’ Call.
While the event was ini...
DATE: Apr 11, 2016
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The Zoom Around the Sound event has raised more than $15,000 for educational and conservation programmes.
The walk, run, ride event, which this year attracted 600 participants, will assist with programmes run by the Bermuda Zoological Society run ou...
DATE: Apr 11, 2016
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Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Government is being urged to prioritise tackling an “unsavoury trend” of robberies which has seen nine small businesses targeted in the past 15 weeks.
Six of the nine incidents since Boxing Day last year saw staff threatened with either a...
DATE: Apr 11, 2016
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A Polish kayaker who rowed from Portugal to Florida — with an unexpected stop in Bermuda along the way — is planning another Atlantic crossing.
Aleksander “Doba” Olek, a retired engineer, made headlines locally in 2014 when his effort to kayak across...
DATE: Apr 11, 2016
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Sandys man jailed for attempting to steal a phone has lost an appeal against his sentence.
Keino Lambert, 25, was convicted for the offence last June after a Magistrates’ Court trial.
The court heard that on January 15, 2014, he attempted to steal ...
DATE: Apr 11, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes