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A Sandys man pleaded guilty yesterday to a five-month burglary spree in which he stole cash, alcohol and jewellery from the Anglican Cathedral, homes and businesses.
Jahroy Simons, 36, admitted 19 offences that took place between July and December la...
DATE: May 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government has put out a request for proposals to replace damaged struts on Canal Road in Pembroke.
The one-way portion of the road that runs from Palmetto Road past the WER Joell Tennis Stadium to the roundabout at Laffan Street was blocked off ...
DATE: May 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Public schools will close days earlier than previously scheduled as the Government works to move forward with education reform.
Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, told the House of Assembly this morning that the school year will end on Friday,...
DATE: May 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hungry Bay area residents have put forward a planning application intended to help protect the island’s largest remaining patch of mangroves.
According to a recent planning application the Hungry Bay Restoration Committee and property owner James Tuc...
DATE: May 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Belco trenching work is expected to hamper traffic in Devonshire starting later this month.
A notice from the Ministry of Public Works has warned the work will begin on Palmetto Road, near the Barker’s Hill roundabout, before moving along North Shore...
DATE: May 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The City of Hamilton is urging the public to help keep the city clean as preparations are made for this week’s Bermuda Day Parade.
A spokeswoman said that people who plan to watch the spectacle on Friday should not mark their spots in advance with pa...
DATE: May 23, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A fisherman brought in an unusual catch this week when he rescued two men who were adrift after their boat sunk off the coast of the island.
Robert Lambe of Last Chance Fisheries – who himself was rescued at sea almost 20 years ago – said yesterday: ...
DATE: May 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police recovered evidence of gunfire after reports of someone being chased through Pembroke by two people on a motorcycle.
But a Bermuda Police Service spokesman said that there were no reports of injury or property damage related to the incident.
He...
DATE: May 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Work on the St George’s marina project is expected to begin this summer – but the estimated cost of the project has risen by almost 50 per cent.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, told the House of Assembly this morning tha...
DATE: May 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Hamilton Parish man who crashed through a wall on Harbour Road was sent to the DUI court treatment programme yesterday.
James Cooke, 27, pleaded guilty to driving a car in Paget while impaired by alcohol in an incident on March 13.
Magistrates’ Cou...
DATE: May 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes