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Plots of land in Warwick and Hamilton Parish have formally been named nature reserves, the House of Assembly heard on Friday.
Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs, said that 16.6 acres of former golf course at Riddell’s Bay and 3.4 acres of lan...
DATE: Dec 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Three people were rescued from a sinking vessel about 250 miles off the coast of Bermuda this weekend.
According to an incident report by Bermuda Maritime Operations, RCC Norfolk contacted RCC Bermuda on Sunday morning, December 4, 2022, about a 44ft...
DATE: Dec 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two children told Magistrates’ Court yesterday that the same man sexually touched them last summer in separate incidents.
The defendant, a 48-year-old Sandys resident, has denied two charges of touching a girl under the age of 14 for a sexual purpose...
DATE: Dec 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A judge has dismissed an allegation that the Commissioner of Police breached a court order by instructing officers to burn copies of seized medical records.
Counsel for the Brown-Darrell Clinic and Bermuda Healthcare Services said the destruction of ...
DATE: Dec 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislation to create a Government-owned company to oversee Morgan’s Point has been tabled in the House of Assembly.
David Burt said the Morgan’s Point Company will be charged with managing the site with the goal of securing a return for Bermudian ta...
DATE: Dec 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, on Friday called for continued diligence to help prevent the spread of Covid-19 despite the end of the island’s public health emergency.
Speaking to the House of Assembly, Ms Wilson thanked the many who had co...
DATE: Dec 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government will create a new board to lead the island’s Workforce Development Plan, the House of Assembly heard.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour and Economy, told MPs that the new Workforce Development Advisory Board would “carry out the cr...
DATE: Dec 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man appeared in the Supreme Court this morning to deny the murder of the footballer Osagi Bascome.
Raheem Wray, 25, from Devonshire, pleaded not guilty to a charge that he murdered Mr Bascome in St George’s on December 18 last year.
Puisne Judge Sh...
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Environmental groups have called on the Minister of Home Affairs to overturn a decision to allow development on Devonshire Marsh.
Island Construction was given the green light by the Development Applications Board in August to erect three two-storey ...
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Residents in St David’s have called on the Government to halt the development of a proposed medical waste facility in Southside and order an independent environmental impact assessment.
Terlena Murphy, a spokeswoman for the pressure group Concerned C...
DATE: Dec 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes