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In a shock move, One Bermuda Alliance MP Suzann Roberts-Holshouser broke ranks with the rest of her party in this evening’s Parliamentary session, voicing her support of a motion by Progressive Labour Party MP Walton Brown.
The motion will see a requ...
DATE: Jul 04, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The killers of innocent father-of-three George Lynch have been jailed after a Supreme Court jury found them both guilty of his premeditated murder.
Rickai Dickinson and Wolda Gardner were also found guilty of gun possession for the May 5, 2010 killin...
DATE: Jul 03, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
D-Day veteran Francis (Frank) Farmer, a former president of the Bermuda War Veterans Association, has died at the age of 88.
Mr Farmer joined the Royal Navy at 17, signing on in 1943 and serving around the globe in the Second World War
He took part i...
DATE: Jul 03, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A team of local musicians, ranging in age from nine to 62, will bring the sounds of Bermuda to New York’s Collective School of Music when they set off for ten days of cultural interchange.
“It’s a musical, percussion and cultural exchange programme,”...
DATE: Jul 02, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A gathering of personnel from the former US Naval Air Base will travel to the Island to reminisce on glory days, just short of 20 years since the East End facility was handed over to Bermuda.
So far, 30 people have signed up for this September’s reu...
DATE: Jul 02, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A shopkeeping couple accused of discriminating against a foreign customer, and insulting her because of her national origin, have had their names cleared by the Human Rights Tribunal.
However, part of the complaint would have stood — if it hadn’t bee...
DATE: Jul 02, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 20-year-old man, Jonathan Burch-DeCosta, has died as a result of a crash in the early hours of Sunday.
Mr Burch-DeCosta’s passing marks the sixth road fatality of 2014, after the death on May 22 of 60-year-old US visitor Daniel Bruce Laubacher foll...
DATE: Jul 02, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A green-thumbed Southampton couple who tried their hand at growing Bermuda sweet potatoes came away with a colossus: at 17.35lbs, it’s the biggest they’ve ever seen.
“I’ve never seen anything like it — when they see it, everybody goes ‘Is that a pump...
DATE: Jul 01, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda could be in for a “long, hot summer”, according to the Island’s Trade Union Congress — which wants more inclusion from Government in the debate over cost-cutting reforms to public services.
Bermuda Trade Union Congress (BTUC) head Alan Wilkin...
DATE: Jul 01, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A continuing feud between home birth advocates and medical authorities has resulted in one set of parents having to attend hospital at a cost of $8,000 for the delivery of their child.
For four other parents, the search for a supervisor to oversee ho...
DATE: Jun 30, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell