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A career criminal with more than 60 convictions was imprisoned for five-and-a-half years for a raid on a Warwick house that netted cash and an iPhone.
Christopher Winslow Ray, 43, of Warwick, and an accomplice were interrupted by a woman who returned...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Legion has linked forces with overseas services after being formally invited to join the Royal Commonwealth Ex-Services League.
The Island’s charity for war veterans and their widows has also become affiliated with the Royal Canadian Legi...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Private nursing homes with poor standards of care should be closed, according to the Progressive Labour Party’s deputy leader Derrick Burgess.
And the Opposition MP listed a catalogue of neglect of elderly people in private care homes, including one ...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Much-loved educator Lorraine Fubler, who taught generations of Bermudian schoolchildren to read, has died at the age of 98.
Ms Fubler’s more than 40 years of teaching began at Central School, now Victor Scott Primary, where she trained before moving ...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Pupils at CedarBridge Academy will today stage a special tribute to US writer, poet and civil rights activist Maya Angelou, who died yesterday aged 86.
The tribute to Dr Angelou, who died at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where she had ta...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bird enthusiasts are now able to study the nocturnal cahow from the comfort of their own computer screens thanks to a new website.
Nonsuch Island Nature Reserve has set up its own web portal — www.nonsuchisland.com — which features a video feed from ...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The karting Grand Prix in Hamilton this weekend will mean road closures around the city centre.
The two-day event is being staged by the Bermuda Karting Club and the Corporation of Hamilton and will feature a number of races around the city’s streets...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The death of a childhood friend has inspired a local barber to do his part in raising health awareness within the community — particularly among Bermuda’s men.
Ricky Spence, owner of Spence’s Barber Shop in Pembroke, has urged the Island’s men to und...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Colin Thompson
An online pettion has been started calling for the establishing of a turtle sanctuary in the Somerset Long Bay area.
Specifically, the petition is calling for newly appointed Minister of the Environment Jeanne Atherden to “institute a no wake and no ...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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A 34-year-old Sandys man was this morning charged with sexually touching a seven-year-old girl.
The defendant, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was charged with of sexual exploiting the girl, and two further counts of intruding on the same...
DATE: May 29, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes