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A nursery school shut down after a 12-month-old boy was found to have a serious head injury was told yesterday it can reopen following the conclusion of a police investigation.
Prosecutors found there was “insufficient evidence to support any crimina...
DATE: May 15, 2019
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The 911 emergency number was out of service after a power outage at the police communications centre today.
Technology at the Prospect base was disrupted for several hours because the fire system was triggered at about 6am.
Police said the 911 number...
DATE: May 15, 2019
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Dedicated foster parents were celebrated at a special event to recognise the care they provided to dozens of Bermudian children.
The Department of Child and Family Services held its annual appreciation tea for the people who “open their hearts and ho...
DATE: May 15, 2019
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The British Government has rejected a parliamentary committee proposal to come up with a timetable for talks that would give British residents in Bermuda the right to vote.
It said the Foreign Office did not plan to publish any such schedule but reco...
DATE: May 13, 2019
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Politics
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Fiona McWhirter
A woman needed hospital treatment after she was attacked and robbed by a man on a motorbike.
The 44-year-old was walking on Woodlands Road in Pembroke when she was approached by the stranger near the junction with Canal Road.
Police said the rider gr...
DATE: May 13, 2019
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Crime
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Fiona McWhirter
A former soldier Called to the Bar yesterday said he was impelled to become a lawyer after his Royal Bermuda Regiment brother was killed on duty in a car crash in Britain.
Julian Wheddon said his family felt helpless and lacked a sense of closure aft...
DATE: May 11, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
A Progressive Labour Party backbencher claimed yesterday that Bermuda’s longest-serving premier “tap danced” for the “most reactionary and racist elements” in society.
Rolfe Commissiong made the comments in the House of Assembly and cited two broadca...
DATE: May 11, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
The former chief executive of the Bermuda Health Council claims in an application for judicial review pending before the Supreme Court that the Premier interfered in the running of the watchdog to push taxpayer-funded payments to Ewart Brown.
Tawanna...
DATE: May 10, 2019
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Court
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Fiona McWhirter
Dozens of cameras collected by an enthusiast have been used to create a display to show how photographic technology has evolved.
Collection owner Dieter Wälzholz said he wanted to share his hobby with a wider audience and found a home for his cameras...
DATE: May 08, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter
A string of communications over cryptocurrency firm Arbitrade’s bid to set up in Bermuda revealed “an embarrassing shambles”, the Opposition leader said yesterday.
Craig Cannonier added he feared the island’s reputation had been put at risk after a w...
DATE: May 07, 2019
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Fiona McWhirter