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Retail sales suffered yet another slump in February, according to statistics released this morning.
The retail sales index showed that gross sales revenue from local retailers fell 5.8 percent to an estimated $70.3 million in February with retailers ...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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A sharp drop on the stairs leading to Elbow Beach will be repaired soon, the Parks Department has said.
The public access to the popular beach was damaged during Hurricane Igor last September, and undermined by the rough winter weather.
Parks officer...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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Jonathan Bell
A 38-year-old man who claimed he accidentally took heroin into Westgate Correctional Facility has been jailed.
Dean Edwards, of Marsh Lane, Devonshire, admitted in Magistrates’ Court to possessing 0.5 g of heroin on December 12.
The court heard that ...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new education initiative has been launched through a public-private partnership between the Ministry of Education and Capital G bank.
Donations will be made to the Reading Clinic and Menuhin Foundation while scholarships for middle school students ...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A pilot e-mail system is coming online in Bermuda’s public schools, the Ministry of Education has announced.
E-mail accounts are to be set up for senior and middle school students as well as those in primary five and six.
Students can use the Live[AT...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian mother-of-three has seen cocaine importation charges she was facing in Canada dropped.
Sereana Brangman, 28, of Crown Lane, Warwick, returned home on Monday after ten weeks on remand in prison.
She was detained by the authorities at Toron...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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United Bermuda Party members predict a merger with the Bermuda Democratic Alliance is imminent after growing tired of prolonged negotiations.
Members previously opposed to the amalgamation are said to have conceded the 47-year-old party needs to fold...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Tim Smith
Switching Bermuda from fossil fuels to renewable energy is more complex than we realise, according to scientist and author David Chapman.
“Bermuda faces interesting challenges because of its small size,” Mr Chapman told Hamilton Rotary, in a talk on ...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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As Easter Sunday approaches, the Bermuda Bible Society has observed Holy Week with two days of public Bible readings.
The proclamations of the Gospels and the Acts of the Apostles took place on Monday and Tuesday in St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in...
DATE: Apr 20, 2011
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
