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More than 80 Island schoolchildren are taking part in the biennial Bermuda Zoological Society’s (BZS) Youth Conference this week.
The conference is aimed at middle and secondary students who have demonstrated “interest and leadership in conservation ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Government’s two-week custodian training programme, launched last month, will soon see 20 local workers certified for janitorial work with the Ministry of Education.
The Custodial Technician Certification is offered by the Department of Workforce Dev...
DATE: Mar 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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A group of former Bermuda Regiment commanders is calling for the introduction of a National Service programme in which every young person would have to take part and give back to the community.
The group argues that if the current policy of conscript...
DATE: Mar 13, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Tougher parole laws are on the cards, according to National Security Minister Michael Dunkley.
Mr Dunkley tabled new legislation yesterday to allow police to arrest people suspected of breaching parole conditions on the spot.
Previously, officers had...
DATE: Mar 13, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The Bermuda Industrial Union today kicks off a major two-day conference.
And top Barbados trade unionist and politician Sir Roy Trotman, who earlier this week spoke at the white collar BPSU conference, will be the keynote speaker.
BPSU president Kevi...
DATE: Mar 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A charge of using a cell phone while riding a bike was dropped against a Pembroke man because police failed to provide sufficient evidence.
Kenneth Dill Wade, 28, was stopped by police on Crow Lane on June 5 last year after officers noticed that he w...
DATE: Mar 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Warwick man was fined $500 after police discovered cannabis during a raid on his home.
Police executed a search warrant on Roderick Butler’s home on Cross End Lane on the morning of November 29 last year and found 4.18 grams of the drug in the top ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A betting shop owned by Opposition leader Marc Bean may be illegally offering customers the chance to win millions of dollars on an overseas lottery.
And police are understood to have questioned staff at Paradise Games on Court Street as part of a sw...
DATE: Mar 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Premier Craig Cannonier signed the Hamilton Declaration yesterday at the Tucker’s Point resort, which included Bermuda in a collaboration of nations who have joined forces to conserve the environment of the Sargasso Sea ecosystem.
A last-minute chang...
DATE: Mar 12, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Rebecca Zuill
The widow of assassinated Governor Sir Richard Sharples was forced to sell her family home to pay death duties, according to an article in The Daily Mail.
Baroness Sharples told the UK newspaper in a recent interview that it was ruled the Governor ha...
DATE: Mar 12, 2014
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