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A teenager involved in a Hamilton bus terminal assault has been given the “benefit of the doubt” and allowed to continue his studies in Britain.
Adonis Robinson, 17, and friend Tarik Ebbin, 18, pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting a 15-year-old, ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2015
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Bermuda’s clean air efforts were the subject of an address by Donal Smith, the former deputy mayor of Hamilton, at the world climate change conference in Paris.
Mr Smith, the chief executive officer of Bermuda Emissions Control Ltd, described the dev...
DATE: Dec 16, 2015
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Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Kind-hearted volunteers have unearthed a small piece of Casemates history that has not been seen in a half-century.
The 12-strong crew from Fat Tire Massive spent a day digging out the original steps that led up to the old prison in Dockyard.
The old...
DATE: Dec 16, 2015
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Former Premier Dame Jennifer Smith has completed a prestigious yearlong course for leaders at Harvard University.
Dame Jennifer, a fellow of the university’s Advanced Leadership Initiative, completed the course with a presentation of a plan to increa...
DATE: Dec 16, 2015
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Proud parents, guardians and mentors were treated to a special lunch at the Impact Hotel yesterday.
The students of the Impact Mentoring Academy, an all-boys private school, planned a formal lunch at the imagined hotel after completing training with ...
DATE: Dec 16, 2015
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Education
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Miss Bermuda Alyssa Rose took to the stage as a finalist in the Miss World Talent Championship in China, but fell just short of the top five.
Competing against more than 100 other women, Ms Rose’s modern tap-dancing routine placed her in the top 13 o...
DATE: Dec 16, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Torrential downpours have increased the spread of potholes across Bermuda, the Ministry of Public Works said yesterday.
“The ministry has responded by diverting additional men to the task of filling these potholes to supplement our regular highways p...
DATE: Dec 16, 2015
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The Progressive Labour Party has “driven a nail in the coffin” of its General Election hopes, according to elder statesman Reginald Burrows.
Mr Burrows, a PLP MP and senator from 1968 to 2005, warned that the split — which has seen seven MPs resign f...
DATE: Dec 16, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Bermuda’s roads have killed more than three times as many people as gun and gang violence since 2008, according to police.
Inspector Robert Cardwell, the officer responsible for the Roads Policing Unit, attributed the 92 road fatalities, versus the 2...
DATE: Dec 16, 2015
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Crime
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The Youth Parliament last night held its first debate of the legislative year, with the student members tackling the subject of mental health.
While the government team, led by Namrata Bisht, argued that the Bermuda Government should substantially in...
DATE: Dec 16, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes