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The anti-gang programme Operation Ceasefire has been axed in favour of a “Bermuda-centric” programme, national security minister Wayne Caines announced yesterday.
The United States-based programme would have cost $200,000 for this financial year, bu...
DATE: Apr 28, 2018
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Former One Bermuda Alliance MP Jeff Baron was “unhappy” at the result of the post-General Election leadership conference last year, a party source said yesterday.
The source added the Warwick North East MP, who resigned from Parliament on Wednesday, ...
DATE: Apr 27, 2018
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Confused drivers have blasted changes to road markings at a busy junction in Hamilton.
Motorists have complained on social media about the new layout at the intersection of Reid Street and Queen Street in the city.
Edward Benevides, chief operating o...
DATE: Apr 27, 2018
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The appointment process for the next Chief Justice, Narinder Hargun, was fair and in line with the island’s constitution, the Governor said yesterday.
The news came as the Bermuda Bar Council threw its weight behind the appointment of Mr Hargun, a fo...
DATE: Apr 27, 2018
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Abandoned vehicles in a church car park are destined for the dump today if the owners do not pick them up.
Leonard Santucci, pastor at the Vernon Temple AME Church in Southampton, said the two cars, one black and one white, have been left in the chur...
DATE: Apr 27, 2018
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Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, will make a statement on the termination of the anti-gang programme Operation Ceasefire in the House of Assembly today.
The island’s regulatory regime for digital currencies will also be debated.
The B...
DATE: Apr 27, 2018
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Jeff Baron spoke for the One Bermuda Alliance on national security before the party assumed power in 2012, and law and order remained in his portfolio over a sometimes colourful political career.
Mr Baron was appointed as special adviser to Michael D...
DATE: Apr 26, 2018
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Power lines have come down on the road in the area of Shark Hole at Harrington Sound in Hamilton Parish, police warned at 9am.
Drivers were asked to use caution, according to a spokesman, with the fallen wires affecting the eastbound lane.
Workmen we...
DATE: Apr 26, 2018
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Olympic sailor James “Jimmy” Kempe has died at the age of 94.
An engraver whose handiwork adorned trophies as well as gifts to visiting dignitaries, Mr Kempe represented the island twice at the Olympic Games — in Melbourne in 1956 and Rome in 1960.
F...
DATE: Apr 25, 2018
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Police have listed diversions that will affect the island’s roads during MS Amlin World Triathlon Bermuda on Saturday.
Certain stores in Hamilton will remain open, with some establishments choosing to extend their hours of business.
Traffic into the ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2018
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