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Two topics dominated the headlines in September: politics and children’s issues.
Early on in the month Family Centre issued a rallying call for the community’s help in tackling a “disturbing” rise in child neglect reports on the island.
Referrals for...
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News broke early on that mother-of-three Kiahna Trott-Edwards would face retrial for her murder conviction in the death of 16-year-old Shijuan Mungal.
The 33-year-old was found guilty of striking the teenager on the head with a baseball bat followin...
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The month’s crime report makes for sobering reading as a spate of shootings, stabbings and robberies reminds us all that violence is still very much a part of our lives.
A shooting on Happy Valley Road nine days into the New Year leaves residents “tr...
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Among the big business stories of 2016 were multibillion dollar insurance mergers, the long-awaited start of a major new hotel project, a gradually strengthening economy and the fallout from surprising votes on both sides of the Atlantic that will ha...
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A protest on the House of Assembly grounds ends with Government pledging to introduce the proposed Pathways to Status legislation in stages rather than as an omnibus bill.
Earlier in the month, smaller protests take place on East Broadway and on the ...
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Bermuda’s debt mountain is addressed in the Budget Statement as Bob Richards, the Minister of Finance, introduces increases in payroll tax, government fees and excise taxes on fuel, alcohol and tobacco.
Payroll tax increases to 15.5 per cent, with th...
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The month of peace and goodwill started off with precious little of it in evidence in Bermuda, with the island once again rocked by protests and violence.
Police officers and protesters alike were injured at the beginning of the month when an unlawfu...
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It is unlikely there has been a Bermudian athlete to have experienced a year quite as glorious as Flora Duffy’s 2016.
Certainly from a Bermudian sporting perspective, the past 12 months have well and truly belonged to Duffy who captured a trio of wor...
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The Bermuda Agriculture Exhibition returns after a one-year hiatus and is welcomed back like a long-lost friend.
Grounds at the Botanical Grounds are packed to capacity for the revived event, which includes traditional favourites such as farmyard ani...
DATE: Dec 31, 2016
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This month will be long remembered for the devastating Front Street fire.
Sweeping through a three-storey building in the heart of Hamilton, the fire ravaged a host of local businesses in the early hours of July 21.
Fortunately no one was injured, ...
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