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A police car and a motorcycle collided on South Road in Devonshire yesterday morning.
No one was injured, according to a police spokesman, but both vehicles were damaged: the bike extensively so and the car moderately.
The crash happened just after 1...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An anti-conscription campaigner has received top marks from his college professor for a paper calling for an end to Bermuda’s draft.
Jamel Hartman Hardtman wrote the 2,200-word ethics essay, entitled ‘Violating Human Rights for National Interest’, as...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Union boss Glenn Simmons yesterday denied claims bus drivers have issued a 21-day strike notice.
Bus Operators and Allied Workers president Mr Simmons said Bermuda Industrial Union had written a letter listing concerns to the Ministry of Transport fo...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Island experienced an earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter Scale and lasting nearly eight seconds, according to scientific figures.
Geologist Martin Brewer said results from the Island's seismogram station in Warwick showed the quake took pla...
DATE: Jun 14, 2011
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Police Commissioner Michael DeSilva has been awarded the Colonial Police Medal (CPM) for Meritorious Service in the 2011 Queen’s Birthday Honours.
Mr DeSilva, a Bermudian, joined the Bermuda Police Service as a Police Cadet in 1985 and worked his wa...
DATE: Jun 13, 2011
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A local teacher known for being ‘small in stature but a giant in the classroom’ will be recognised this weekend with an Excellence in Teaching Award.
Wendie Warren, an elementary teacher at The Bermuda Institute has been lauded for ushering in a “hi...
DATE: Jun 13, 2011
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Premier Paula Cox, Deputy Premier Derrick Burgess and Government Senate leader Kim Wilson are today leading a Ministerial delegation to Washington, DC.
Government says meetings have been set up with high level officials in President Barack Obama’s ad...
DATE: Jun 13, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
The Centre on Philanthropy said charities are looking to partner up by sharing funds and resources to make the most of the present economic climate.
According to a centre spokeswoman, most of the Island was “feeling the pinch of this recession” and i...
DATE: Jun 13, 2011
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A Southampton man who continued to drive while banned from the roads has been given two jail sentences in Magistrates’ Court.
Darren William Roberts, 26, also picked up more than $2,000 in traffic fines.
Roberts was fined $400 and given ten days’ imp...
DATE: Jun 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Phase one of refurbishments to the Tynes Bay waste incinerator is now complete.
And Government said that waste that was stockpiled at Morgan’s Point while the work was being done, is to be removed by mid-August.
According to the Ministry of Public Wo...
DATE: Jun 13, 2011
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
