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(Photographs by Blaire Simmons)
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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Authorities tasked with tackling cyberbullying in Bermuda are becoming increasingly concerned over the prevalence of “sexting” among young pupils in schools.
Police and staff from the Department of E-Commerce go into primary schools, as well as middl...
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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Crime
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When Heather Athanasiou lost her Warwick Academy alumni ring while swimming in Elbow Beach in the summer of 1983 she never expected to see it again.
In fact she did not even tell her mother that she had lost it for fear of recriminations.
But now, 32...
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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The Bermuda Industrial Union’s gas station, built for the service of the union’s members, has stood on Dundonald Street for some 60 years.
The facility temporarily closed on January 6 while it gets its first renovation since 1997.
The BIU station sta...
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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Martin Luther King, Jr, the American Civil Rights leader who was assassinated in 1968, would have turned 87 today.
Dr King’s work extended far beyond battling segregation: he campaigned for economic empowerment and the betterment of inner-city commun...
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Hurricane Alex is not expected to affect Bermuda but serious conditions are expected over parts of the Azores early today, with the risk of “life-threatening flash floods and mudslides”, according to the National Hurricane Centre.
Many Bermudians and...
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Departments of Civil Aviation and Maritime Administration are both set to become quangos this year, according to Shawn Crockwell.
Speaking with The Royal Gazette, the Minister of Tourism Development and Transport said the move was intended to mak...
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s murder rate has halved over the past five years but it is too early to say the Island has turned a corner on violent crime among young black men, according to commentators.
There were four murders on the Island in 2015, compared with a peak...
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Bermuda Government’s hiring freeze is hurting the postal service, according to the Bermuda Industrial Union.
Chris Furbert, the president of the BIU, said the service had lost 25 per cent of its staff in the past four years. There were 84 members...
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man charged with robbing a bank told police he found a BB gun and sold it for “a joint” after being confronted with DNA evidence linking him to the crime.
Gregory Tucker, 24, has denied allegations that he entered the Butterfield Bank branch on Jun...
DATE: Jan 15, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
