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They may have been more than six months late, but the Freemasons of St. George managed to pay their annual rental bill this week.
The fee of a single peppercorn – paid by the lodge for use of the former State House in the Olde Towne – is traditionall...
DATE: Nov 18, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A seminar on restorative justice will be held on Friday to mark International Restorative Justice Week.
The webinar will feature a panel of community leaders including senior magistrate Juan Wolffe, and Leroy Bean, the Gang Violence Reduction Coordi...
DATE: Nov 17, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Bermudian man who lived in the US smuggled gun parts into the island concealed in two packages containing auto tools and spare parts, a Supreme Court jury heard yesterday.
James Rumley, 38, originally from Sandys, was living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylv...
DATE: Nov 17, 2020
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Last month's General Election cost the taxpayer almost $700,000, it has been revealed.
But Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office minister, highlighted that the figure was much less than critics had predicted after Premier David Burt had called the snap p...
DATE: Nov 16, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Commissioner of Police has contracted the coronavirus after a trip overseas, it was revealed today.
A police spokesman said Stephen Corbishley tested positive after returning to Bermuda earlier this week.
He added Mr Corbishley took a pre-travel ...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Government’s predicted Budget deficit of $19.8 million has ballooned to $295 million, the finance minister revealed today.
Curtis Dickinson said the Covid-19 pandemic is expected to cost Government hundreds of millions of dollars and present Be...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A vertical farm could produce almost one third of Bermuda’s demand for leafy greens – the equivalent of 200 acres of farmland, it was revealed today.
Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office minister, said the state-of-the-art farm could also reduce the cos...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
One of five new cases of the coronavirus was passed on as a result of local transmission - the first time that it has been known to spread on-island in more than two months.
The new cases were identified from a batch of 1,230 tests taken on Tuesday a...
DATE: Nov 13, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Public input on the best way to improve the education system will start this month, the education minister said today.
Diallo Rabain said that public consultation was essential.
He added that the process will at first focus on three areas – school bu...
DATE: Nov 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A court ruling which awarded a man $125,000 in damages after he imported gay sex DVDs has been upheld by the Court of Appeal.
Dwight Lambert won his claim for compensation last year after a 14-year legal battle in which he claimed legislators and th...
DATE: Nov 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan