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The Read Write Bermuda Campaign and the Bermuda National Library Summer Reading Programme were today launched by Minister of Community, Culture and Sports, Wayne Scott.
The initiative, which promotes reading and writing and celebrates Bermuda’s liter...
DATE: Jul 04, 2014
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In a shock move, One Bermuda Alliance MP Suzann Roberts-Holshouser broke ranks with the rest of her party in this evening’s Parliamentary session, voicing her support of a motion by Progressive Labour Party MP Walton Brown.
The motion will see a requ...
DATE: Jul 04, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
He signed up for the 29-year-old programme during a meeting with US Consul General Robert Settje on Thursday.
Mr Gibbons said: “The purpose of the agreement is to introduce a programme to the Bermuda public school system that will increase awareness ...
DATE: Jul 04, 2014
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Public Access to Information (PATI) legislation has been tabled in the House of Assembly, and is set to be fully operational by next April.
Premier Michael Dunkley this morning tabled the Public Access to Information Regulations 2014 and the Public A...
DATE: Jul 04, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The killers of innocent father-of-three George Lynch have been jailed after a Supreme Court jury found them both guilty of his premeditated murder.
Rickai Dickinson and Wolda Gardner were also found guilty of gun possession for the May 5, 2010 killin...
DATE: Jul 03, 2014
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
D-Day veteran Francis (Frank) Farmer, a former president of the Bermuda War Veterans Association, has died at the age of 88.
Mr Farmer joined the Royal Navy at 17, signing on in 1943 and serving around the globe in the Second World War
He took part i...
DATE: Jul 03, 2014
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Jonathan Bell
Debt collection agencies “bend over backwards” to avoid people being jailed, a barrister said yesterday.
Christopher Swan, who is also a director of a debt agency, said he had acted for both creditors and debtors in the courts, and that the system wa...
DATE: Jul 03, 2014
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A PLP senator has called for Government to move straight to legalisation of cannabis.
Marc Daniels said: “My personal position is we have full cannabis reform and I believe cannabis should be legalised.”
And he said legalisation would mean an end to ...
DATE: Jul 03, 2014
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Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Two of Bermuda’s biggest hotels will hold their own celebrations on US Independence Day tomorrow.
The Lido Complex in Paget will hold its annual Fourth of July fireworks show on Elbow Beach.
The celebration has been held annually at Cafe Lido for the...
DATE: Jul 03, 2014
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Bermuda Overseas Missions (BOM) will send 20 volunteers to Cochamba, Bolivia, on July 23 to build houses as part of the Habitat for Humanity programme.
In their 14th overseas trip, BOM will join other volunteer groups from across the world to provide...
DATE: Jul 03, 2014
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