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A group tasked with investigating cannabis reform in Bermuda expects to have its findings before Government later this year, according Cannabis Reform Collaborative member Stratton Hatfield.
The CRC also plans to deliver hypothetical figures for the ...
DATE: Jan 10, 2014
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A man jailed for making overtures towards a young girl will be freed by the Supreme Court, following a successful appeal.
Davaun Cox, 29, is expected to be released from custody today.
He was jailed for three years on May 16, 2013, with two years’ pr...
DATE: Jan 10, 2014
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An “unprecedented increase” in the number of people using Financial Assistance has led to Government launching an anonymous hotline for the public to report cases of fraud.
According to Wayne Scott, the Minister of Community, Culture and Sport, Gover...
DATE: Jan 09, 2014
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The environmental group Greenrock has restructured, with a board of directors put in place and Gordon Johnson appointed as its first executive director.
Mr Johnson, who joined Greenrock last month with more than 25 years’ experience in the non-profit...
DATE: Jan 08, 2014
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A man jailed for three years for making lewd advances toward a young girl on a bus is seeking to have his conviction overturned.
Counsel for Davaun Cox, 29, argued before Puisne Judge Stephen Hellman that Cox never formally entered a guilty plea befo...
DATE: Jan 08, 2014
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Court
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Bermuda’s special links with celebrated author Samuel Clemens — better known as Mark Twain — are to be explored this month, thanks to a collaboration with a prestigious US museum dedicated to Twain’s life and legacy.
Masterworks Museum will bring Mar...
DATE: Jan 07, 2014
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After years of neglect, the St George’s Golf Course is getting a make over from a team of four workers under the direction of the Parks Department.
“When you believe, you can achieve,” said St George’s North MP Kenneth Bascome, as the long grass was ...
DATE: Jan 07, 2014
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Following complaints from Marsh Folly workers of illegal dumping at the facility, Government has issued a reminder that the offence now carries a $10,000 fine.
The Department of Waste Management is also installing cameras to watch “dumping hot spots ...
DATE: Jan 06, 2014
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Environment
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The first Sunday liquor sales by stores got cautiously underway yesterday, with many shoppers unsure of whether it had actually become legal.
Decried by some and welcomed by others, the relaxing of the law resulted in simply another regular day of bu...
DATE: Jan 06, 2014
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Last week’s spate of gale force winds kept Bermuda Maritime Operations busy, with several boats submerged by rains and broken from their moorings.
Stormy conditions that peaked on Friday abated over the weekend, and the service reported a quiet day y...
DATE: Jan 06, 2014
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