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A fresh focus on the heritage and history of St George’s will be championed this year to boost visitor numbers.
Corporation of St George’s leaders, together with local MPs, will concentrate efforts on promoting cultural tourism in the East End as wel...
DATE: Jan 07, 2015
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An 81-year-old man suffering from “severe” bedsores was “rescued” by concerned members of the public from a rest home that could not care for him properly — after the National Office for Seniors and the Physically Challenged (NOSPC) failed to find hi...
DATE: Jan 07, 2015
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Bermuda will be marketed as an “Atlantic” destination and not a “Caribbean” destination, and also as a year-round place to vacation.
Chief executive officer of the Bermuda Tourism Authority (BTA) Bill Hanbury made the announcement yesterday to Hamilt...
DATE: Jan 07, 2015
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
Another man has been charged with the fatal shooting of Prince Barrington Edness.
Jaquii DeSilva Pearman, 20, appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning charged with murdering Mr Edness on December 7, using a firearm to commit the offence of murder ...
DATE: Jan 07, 2015
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Union of Teachers this afternoon called for Government to invest in teachers with the same diligence as the America’s Cup.
In a statement, the BUT said its members were impressed that the America’s Cup would be coming to Bermuda, but a si...
DATE: Jan 07, 2015
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Perot Post Office on Queen Street in Hamilton will close for interior repairs on Monday, and is scheduled to reopen on February 6, the Bermuda Post Office (BPO) has advised.
Customers who use the historic facility can use the General Post Office...
DATE: Jan 07, 2015
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Members of the public have been reminded, yet again, to remain vigilant regarding phone calls, e-mails and other correspondence from unknown individuals that attempt to obtain personal information or other sensitive data.
The warning from Police foll...
DATE: Jan 07, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Bermuda Police Service has thanked the public for assisting in its witness appeals to recent fatal and serious collisions.
Police are particularly grateful for the last appeal for a “critical witness” in the most recent road traffic collision re...
DATE: Jan 07, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A St George’s man charged with threatening a woman and her father while on probation for previous threats was remanded behind bars.
Geontai Minors, 23, denied charges of assaulting Andrea Warren and her father, Andre Warren, in an incident on Novembe...
DATE: Jan 07, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s first road fatality of the year, Jereme Cumbermack, 33, of Sandys, was a leading resident tennis player, having represented the US Virgin Islands as a member of their Davis Cup team in 2005.
Mr Cumbermack was remembered by friends as active...
DATE: Jan 06, 2015
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