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A private school is to scan the fingerprints of hundreds of secondary students in order for them to be able to get hot lunches and take out library books.
Warwick Academy confirmed yesterday it was introducing the “totally voluntary” system this term...
DATE: Jan 09, 2016
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The Royal Bermuda Regiment’s commanding officer is gearing up to welcome a record-breaking number of volunteers for his last recruit camp.
Lieutenant Colonel Michael Foster-Brown, who will be handing over command to Major David Curley in February, s...
DATE: Jan 09, 2016
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A Bermudian educator has been recognised for her contributions in forming the new history of Kingston.
Nominated by citizens of Kingston, Ontario, as part of the Sir John A Macdonald Bicentennial, Judith Brown (née Wellman) was singled out as a Kin...
DATE: Jan 08, 2016
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A loggerhead turtle that underwent a three-and-a-half-hour operation to remove a large rusting hook from her trachea is making a steady recovery.
The turtle, who has been named Daisy by the hospital surgeons who helped save her life, has been moved i...
DATE: Jan 08, 2016
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The Postmaster-General has thanked staff at the Bermuda Post Office for their hard work over Christmas.
Wayne Smith said that employees “performed well and went the extra mile to serve our customers” during the festive holidays.
“It was very busy bu...
DATE: Jan 08, 2016
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A Butterfield Bank supervisor wept yesterday in Supreme Court as she recalled coming face-to-face with a gunman during a robbery.
Gregory Tucker is accused of using an imitation firearm to rob the bank’s St George’s branch on June 9 last year, and ac...
DATE: Jan 08, 2016
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Business leader Cyril Whitter has resigned as a member of two Progressive Labour Party committees — telling chairman Maynard Dill “the leadership of my beloved party stinks”.
This is according to correspondence seen by this newspaper, e-mailed by Mr ...
DATE: Jan 08, 2016
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Sarah Lagan
The Corporation of Hamilton could reach an agreement with a lending institution “within days” to satisfy its $18 million debt over the Par-la-Ville hotel debacle, according to Michael Fahy, the Minister of Home Affairs.
Senator Fahy said that the cit...
DATE: Jan 08, 2016
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Tributes have been paid to Iris Davis, an iconic figure who persevered through segregation to become the Island’s senior nurse, who has died at the age of 94.
Miss Davis, well known to generations of families as a midwife and school nurse, was hailed...
DATE: Jan 08, 2016
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The land reclamation phase of the America’s Cup Village project in Dockyard is on schedule to be completed in June 2016.
Six of the seven shiploads of granite fill as well as the material dredged from the North Channel have now been deposited in the...
DATE: Jan 08, 2016
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