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The violence of December 2, 2016 is the sole reason the day’s protests endure in memory, according to a Progressive Labour Party MP.
Christopher Famous was a PLP organiser when he joined demonstrators outside the House of Assembly on the morning that...
DATE: Dec 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The single protester who refused to accept a confidential government payout to people pepper sprayed outside Parliament five years ago today still wants his day in court.
Craig Looby insists police used excessive force during a clash with demonstrato...
DATE: Dec 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
As he watched from the balcony of the House of Assembly, Sylvan Richards knew that what he was witnessing marked the end of the OBA as a government.
Mr Richards, who made it into the House just ahead of protesters blockading the gates, said he knew “...
DATE: Dec 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Politics played a role in the Progressive Labour Party’s targeting of the One Bermuda Alliance’s airport development – but former MP Michael Scott insisted the project was foremost “an inherently bad deal for the country”.
The former PLP Attorney-Gen...
DATE: Dec 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Politics irrevocably tainted a review of the events of December 2, 2016 – such that two One Bermuda Alliance senators involved saw no point in attempting a report of their own.
“At some, what are you going to gain?” asked Ben Smith, who with Marcus J...
DATE: Dec 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Christmas giveaway through social media has been announced by the City of Hamilton.
The City’s 12 Days of Giving runs from December 6 through 17, with prize gifts going to 24 winners via the City’s pages on Facebook, CityofHamiltonBda, and Instagra...
DATE: Dec 02, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
No decision on whether to limit the size of Christmas gatherings has been made amid fears over a new strain of the coronavirus, a health ministry spokeswoman said yesterday.
She said: “No decision at this time has been taken to limit Christmas events...
DATE: Dec 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A prize for experimental physics has been awarded to the husband of a retired Bermudian judge in the UK.
Bucker Dangor, married to Patricia Dangor, a former UK circuit judge and a former member of the Bermuda Court of Appeal, was awarded the 2021 Mic...
DATE: Dec 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island has recorded 18 new coronavirus infections, it was revealed.
The number of active cases has climbed from the 21 reported last Thursday to 33.
But none are in hospital, although all the cases are being monitored by health officials.
There h...
DATE: Nov 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man is in hospital with gunshot wounds after an early morning shooting yesterday.
But the 27-year-old’s injuries were not thought to be life-threatening.
A resident in the area of Court and Dundonald Streets in Hamilton said he heard “a quick repe...
DATE: Nov 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter