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The Speaker of the House of Assembly marked 30 years as an MP yesterday.
Dennis Lister, the Progressive Labour Party’s longest-serving MP, celebrated the anniversary on February 9.
He told MPs on the first sitting of the new parliamentary session tha...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Speaker of the House of Assembly yesterday blocked a statement on payments to pepper-sprayed protesters who forced a postponement of a House of Assembly meeting.
Dennis Lister told Wayne Caines, the national security minister, to postpone his sta...
DATE: Feb 16, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A grieving mother implored young people to reject violence on the anniversary of a fatal attack on her son in a park in an English city.
Lyrico Steede, 17, died in hospital five days after he was stabbed on February 13 last year by a group of teenage...
DATE: Feb 15, 2019
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A clash between protesters and police outside the House of Assembly will be discussed by the national security minister today.
Wayne Caines will talk about the aftermath of the December 2016 events in the wake of revelations that his ministry had mad...
DATE: Feb 15, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A morning downpour and a chilly day made perfect conditions for a flock of geese to set out for a stroll yesterday.
The birds caught the eye of a photographer for The Royal Gazette at a home off Middle Road in Devonshire.
The Bermuda Weather Service ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Proposals to abolish the Corporation of Hamilton and St George or turn them into quangos could come into force before local elections in May, the Mayor of Hamilton said this week.
Charles Gosling learnt of the proposals only in a Monday meeting with ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Peter Stubbs, a former chief inspector with the Bermuda Police Service, has died. He was 83.
Mr Stubbs, who died on January 31, was buried yesterday after a service at Christ Church in Warwick.
He was a senior officer in the Special Branch and a high...
DATE: Feb 13, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
Demonstrators hit by pepper spray in a clash with police at a protest outside Parliament over the new airport terminal building have been paid a settlement to avert further legal action.
The payment, reported last night on ZBM News, was said to avoid...
DATE: Feb 12, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A court ruling that cleared non-Bermudian “belongers” to compete in sport for the island affected “a tiny fraction” of youth athletes, a top lawyer said.
Peter Sanderson, who has handled cases involving people found to be belongers to Bermuda under t...
DATE: Feb 12, 2019
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Jonathan Bell
A fake bank e-mail cost a resident thousands of dollars, police have revealed.
A police spokesman said the e-mail, which was claimed to be from Butterfield Bank, led to the recipient’s account details being compromised and the loss of “several thousa...
DATE: Feb 12, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell