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A man sentenced to 25 years in jail had his conviction overturned yesterday.
Trevone Saltus was convicted in May last year of the murder of Lorenzo Stovell in Sandys in 2012.
Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves sentenced Saltus to life with a minimum term ...
DATE: Mar 21, 2018
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
An investigation has been launched into a blaze that swept across Devonshire Marsh at the weekend.
A patch at the northern verge of the marsh along Vesey Street continued to smoulder yesterday morning, despite heavy rain on Sunday.
The Bermuda Fire a...
DATE: Mar 20, 2018
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Other
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Jonathan Bell
Ephraim Georges, a judge from Dominica who served in Bermuda from 1984 to 1988, has died at the age of 82.
Mr Georges was the brother of former Bermuda Court of Appeals president Telford Georges, who died in Barbados in 2005.
He was Called to the Bar...
DATE: Mar 20, 2018
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Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A community group braved heavy rain at the weekend to launch a commemoration of the life of Nelson Mandela, a peace activist and former president of South Africa.
The Walk Together event saw a dozen residents visit historical areas across Hamilton to...
DATE: Mar 20, 2018
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Other
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Jonathan Bell
A float-building workshop for the Bermuda Day parade is to be held this weekend.
Christopher Naylor, a float expert from Sandys Middle School, will demonstrate how to build and decorate a traditional float.
Members of the public are also invited to r...
DATE: Mar 20, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The fiftieth anniversary of the Bermuda Turtle Project is to be celebrated by the Bermuda Post Office with a commemorative stamp issue on Thursday.
Four marine turtle stamps will be issued, featuring green turtles, as well as the hawksbill, loggerhea...
DATE: Mar 20, 2018
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Other
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Jonathan Bell
A 30-year-old man is in the Intensive Care Unit after a fight on Front Street outside the Cosmopolitan nightclub, which was broken up by police at about 3.15am yesterday.
Officers discovered a group surrounding two men fighting. It appears that the v...
DATE: Mar 19, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Business owners were quick to pitch in as fire swept across Devonshire Marsh on Saturday, looming precariously close to warehouses and shops.
Winds fanned flames across the reserve and a barrage of embers and sparks kept the fire going despite firefi...
DATE: Mar 19, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Salaries paid to members of the legislature are to remain unchanged, Parliament heard on Friday.
David Burt, the Premier, told MPs that the board appointed to review salaries every two years had not met since 2011.
Mr Burt said a new set of ex parte ...
DATE: Mar 19, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Vidya Cannonier-Watson has grown, literally, by leaps and bounds.
Watching her mother, Sophia Cannonier, teach ballet classes when she was 3, Vidya, now 10, recalled: “I asked her if I could start.”
This August, she heads off to attend the Tring Park...
DATE: Mar 19, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell