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A major shift in mindset is needed to help encourage more victims of sexual assault to report incidents, the leader of a charity said yesterday.
Laurie Shiell-Smith, the executive director of the Centre Against Abuse, explained survivors were often a...
DATE: Oct 18, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
A magistrate accused of refusal to take a breath test after a car crash is expected to hear the verdict in his case tomorrow.
Khamisi Tokunbo was charged after a collision on South Road, Paget, near the public entrance to Elbow Beach on January 19.
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DATE: Oct 17, 2019
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Court
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Fiona McWhirter
Dozens of people used pedal power to generate a $1,000 donation for a charity set up to help people affected by substance abuse.
Michaele Parfitt-Smith, a fitness instructor who beat addiction, organised seven back-to-back spin classes in aid of anti...
DATE: Oct 16, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
The former chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council will consider her next steps as she battles a government that seems to have bottomless pockets, her lawyer has claimed.
Eugene Johnston, who represents Tawanna Wedderburn, said her legal procee...
DATE: Oct 14, 2019
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Court
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Fiona McWhirter
The trial of magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo, who has denied a charge that he refused a breath test, was adjourned yesterday until after the weekend.
Magistrates’ Court earlier heard that the 64-year-old was arrested after police were called to a crash ne...
DATE: Oct 12, 2019
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Court
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Fiona McWhirter
Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo told a policeman he was not driving a car that crashed over an embankment, a court heard yesterday.
Yet, the officer believed the veteran former prosecutor had been at the wheel and arrested him on suspicion of impaired dri...
DATE: Oct 11, 2019
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Companies that could help to build two East End crossings have been given more time to provide details of their services, according to documents published on the Government’s website.
A request for information to replace Longbird Bridge and Swing Bri...
DATE: Oct 11, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
An investigation into Bermuda’s history of “land grabs” has taken a step closer with confirmation from the Government yesterday that a group of people were asked to form a Commission of Inquiry.
It came after a social justice advocate said the offici...
DATE: Oct 10, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A charity that supports and empowers women has seen demand soar in recent months, its executive director revealed.
Elaine Butterfield said that a combination of factors including a more central location has led to a spike in service provision at the ...
DATE: Oct 10, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
The former chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council was told that the organisation’s decision to sack her could not be judged as a matter of public law.
Tawanna Wedderburn applied for a judicial review in the Supreme Court, alleging that the ter...
DATE: Oct 10, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter