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Police conduct in an armed arrest of a man was in line with use of force rules, a senior officer said yesterday.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Martin Weekes said that, despite the video clip’s “sensational appearance”, the conduct of the officers ...
DATE: May 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Robberies connected with items going up for sale on social media have prompted a warning from police.
A spokesman said there had “recently been a number of incidents” where people who met up at an agreed location to complete their sale were instead r...
DATE: May 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Images are being circulated depicting the victim and accused in a sexual offence now before the courts, according to police.
A spokesman advised that producing or sharing images identifying either party in the offence was a crime subject to a fine of...
DATE: May 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A couple’s dream of exchanging vows a year to the day after they got engaged was dashed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Will Gillett and Catherine Wight planned to marry on April 10 — Good Friday — but were forced to abandon the plan amid a worldwide lockd...
DATE: May 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Armed police officers forced a car to pull over and detained an occupant at gunpoint last night.
At least three police vehicles chased the car and forced it to stop at about 7.15pm.
One eyewitness said: “Three police cars came in different directions...
DATE: May 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island today recorded six new cases of Covid-19, the health ministry said tonight.
The positive results were among 170 results that came back to officials.
The new infections brought the total number of cases to 139.
Kim Wilson, the health minist...
DATE: May 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Healgen Scientific LLC in the United States was revealed as the supplier of Covid-19 antibody tests being offered at the Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory in Southside, St David’s.
The company is a global provider of diagnostic testing systems.
The det...
DATE: May 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda has been spared a spike in deaths during the coronavirus crisis — unlike some other countries.
There has been an increase in mortality rates, well above official counts of Covid-19 deaths, reported in other countries.
Italy, one of the world’...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The government emergency unemployment benefits scheme set up over the Covid-19 crisis could be extended, The finance minister signalled yesterday.
Curtis Dickinson said the programme, at first scheduled to run for 12 weeks, is being “assessed”.
Mr Di...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Details on the tendering of two demolitions in Hamilton were revealed yesterday in the House of Assembly by Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works.
Colonel Burch updated MPs on the work on the Allenhurst building, the rundown fo...
DATE: May 23, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell