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Environmental groups have launched formal objections in an effort to halt the construction of a parking lot and events lawn on a national park.
The Bermuda Audubon Society and the Bermuda National Trust have objected to the proposal’s use of the sout...
DATE: Dec 19, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A seniors charity and clinic patients were given a total of 150 turkeys as part of a giveaway organised by Bermuda Healthcare Services.
A spokesman for the clinic said that 120 turkeys were given to patients on Saturday, while another 30 were donated...
DATE: Dec 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Birdwatchers are set to have a busy week as 25 citizen scientists with the Bermuda Audubon Society carry out the annual bird count.
The weeklong event started on Wednesday, with the main count day taking place on today.
A spokeswoman for the society ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Boxing Day tradition is set to return to Court Street for the 15th consecutive year as volunteers deliver a hot Christmas dinner to those in need.
Regina Peniston, who organises the annual event, said she hopes to feed more than 100 people this yea...
DATE: Dec 17, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A teenager involved in the senseless fatal stabbing of a grandfather has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars.
Shae-Unni Smith, 19, from Sandys, pleaded guilty earlier this year to a charge of manslaughter in connection with the 2021 killing of Dua...
DATE: Dec 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man convicted of sexually assaulting a schoolgirl has had his conviction upheld by the Court of Appeals despite new evidence put before the court.
Jamel Simons, 39, was found guilty last year in Magistrates’ Court of the sexual assault of a 15-year...
DATE: Dec 16, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man convicted of a Christmas Eve murder has lost an attempt to have an appeal for his case heard by the Supreme Court.
Wolda Gardner was jailed for the premeditated murder of Malcolm Augustus in 2012 and using a firearm to commit an indictable act....
DATE: Dec 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A quadriplegic woman told police she felt “betrayed” by a lawyer accused of dishonestly taking more than $80,000 from her.
In a videotaped police interview, recorded at her home in 2017, Kirsten Badenduck told officers she had not given Nancy Vieira ...
DATE: Dec 14, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman accused of illegally obtaining more than $80,000 from a disabled client argued that her employer knew she had taken on additional tasks for the senior despite previous claims.
Jacqueline MacLellan, head of MacLellan and Associates, told the S...
DATE: Dec 13, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A lawyer has been accused of unlawfully obtaining more than $80,000 from a disabled client.
The Supreme Court heard that Nancy Vieira had been hired by Kirsten Badenduck in 2015 to fire a caregiver suspected of stealing from her.
But Jacqueline MacLe...
DATE: Dec 10, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes