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An accountant who admitted laundering a fortune stolen from the Bermuda Government has been jailed for seven years and four months by the Welsh courts.
Confiscation proceedings are now under way to recover the funds stolen from the island by Jeffrey ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
“No legal mechanism” exists to keep convicted sex offender Jonathan Cumberbatch in jail past his scheduled release date of February 21, according to Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security.
Mr Caines spoke yesterday after Cumberbatch’s releas...
DATE: Feb 16, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
One Bermuda Alliance MP Craig Cannonier has been described by sources close to the party as angry about a reshuffle that has returned Michael Dunkley, the former premier, to the Opposition’s front ranks.
Mr Cannonier’s tenure as premier ended abruptl...
DATE: Feb 16, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The mother of the victims of a high-risk sex offender was in shock last night after his release was made public without her family being informed.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, learnt of the impending release of Jonathan Jon Cumbe...
DATE: Feb 15, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
David Burt faces a crucial balancing act tomorrow with his first Budget as Premier, former premier Sir John Swan warned.
Sir John called Mr Burt “the best of the best that we could have to lead the Progressive Labour Party”.
“Not only does he have th...
DATE: Feb 15, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Valentine’s Day has lost none of its romance for Joyce and Gus Rego over their decades together.
Mr Rego has lived for the past year and several months in Westmeath Residential and Nursing Care Home, where his devoted wife visits every day.
“Love is ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A woman was briefly trapped in a van this morning in Smith’s after the vehicle flipped, according to the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service.
A spokeswoman said that a vehicle with four personnel responded at about 10.40am, attending a report of a single...
DATE: Feb 15, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda has basked this month in an “unseasonably warm” February.
Crops have made an early start, loquats are ripening ahead of season and lawns are in bloom — in part because of warm seas, according to the Bermuda Weather Service.
Farmer Tom Wadson ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Art puts “a big smile on peoples’ faces”, government reform minister Lovitta Foggo told youngsters and their parents.
The Bermuda Society of Arts was decked in the creations from 22 different schools, public and private, for the opening of the 53rd A...
DATE: Feb 13, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda Government may roll back steep cuts made to medical imaging fees which were blamed last month for the closure of a private scanning clinic.
However, last night the Opposition hit back at claims that the One Bermuda Alliance administration...
DATE: Feb 13, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell