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A report into the clash between police and protesters outside Parliament on December 2 last year has concluded that officers did not engage in misconduct during the incident.
The Police Complaints Authority report also said the confrontation had left...
DATE: Aug 11, 2017
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A decision handed down by the Police Complaints Authority on the confrontation between police and demonstrators blocking Parliament has been described by Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, as “disturbing and lacking the closure only pro...
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Both the Transport Control Department and the Bermuda Emissions Control Ltd have both closed for the remainder of today, as a result of a lack of running water in the building.
Technical experts are establishing necessary repairs, a spokesman said, a...
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The People’s Campaign pressure group, largely quiet in recent months, is still in action according to Senator Jason Hayward, a prominent member of the organisation.
The group is now completing its social and economic empowerment blueprint for release...
DATE: Aug 10, 2017
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An “above average” Atlantic hurricane season is likely, with two to five storms potentially evolving into major systems.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration this week forecast 14 to 19 named storms, with five to nine developing into h...
DATE: Aug 10, 2017
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At least 164 ballots were rejected from last month’s General Election, with Sandys South Central coming top at 14.
At 0.48 per cent of the total count of 34,060, it was down from the 0.56 per cent in the 2012 election, in which 174 ballots were rejec...
DATE: Aug 10, 2017
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Legendary local actor Earl Cameron, who turned 100 yesterday, is the first to admit that the milestone comes as a surprise.
“I never expected to live this long, I don’t suppose anybody does,” Mr Cameron told The Royal Gazette.
“If you’d told me ten y...
DATE: Aug 09, 2017
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A limit drastically curtailing lobster fishing licences just weeks before the season resumes has taken the community by surprise.
“It’s like a secret edict,” said longstanding fisherman Ted Gauntlett, about restrictions that would bar hundreds from a...
DATE: Aug 09, 2017
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A rare local seabird is pulling back from the brink of extinction thanks to a “100 per cent successful” breeding season.
But conservationist David Wingate warned that the survival of Bermuda’s three remaining pairs of the common tern remains precario...
DATE: Aug 09, 2017
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As Earl Cameron turns 100 today, friends spoke of Bermuda’s acting legend — the first black actor to star in a British film — as a humble man who cherished his local roots.
“He never forgot his homeland,” recalled former cultural affairs officer Ruth...
DATE: Aug 08, 2017
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