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Jurors involved in a murder trial are all to be questioned about their deliberations in the case, the Court of Appeal heard yesterday.
Cleveland Rogers and Katrina Burgess were both jailed for the murder of Marcus Gibbings, who was fatally stabbed in...
DATE: Jun 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Campaigners against the closure of a primary school said they would fight to the end to prevent the historic institution as they staged a car rally on the weekend.
About 100 people gathered at the field at West End Primary School in Sandys, many wear...
DATE: Jun 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Additional pension withdrawals for people who have faced financial hardship because of the Covid-19 crisis were approved by MPs on Friday.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said the National Pension Scheme (Occupational Pensions) Amendment A...
DATE: Jun 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A tribunal established to hear objections to the Bermuda Plan 2018 said changes must be made to address concerns about arbitrary decisions.
The Bermuda Plan 2018, which details planning policies and zoning across the island, was tabled in the House o...
DATE: Jun 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A fresh attack on controversial plans to enforce unvaccinated arrivals to quarantine in hotels at their own expense was mounted yesterday – from the Government side of the House of Assembly.
Progressive Labour Party MPs broke ranks during a debate in...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Further amendments to the island’s economic substance regime were approved yesterday as the island worked to avoid a return to the EU’s blacklist.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, said the Economic Substance Amendment Act 2021 was designed ...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two convicted gunmen were not disadvantaged by unfairness in the jury selection system, the Court of Appeal has ruled.
Quincy Brangman and Le-Veck Roberts both asked for their convictions to be quashed because prosecutors “stood by” a disproportionat...
DATE: Jun 19, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The number of groups exempted from supervised quarantine rules has been slashed, it was revealed tonight.
A Government spokeswoman said that the seven exempted categories for non-vaccinated arrivals had been cut to three in response to the spread of ...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 56-year-old man who suffered multiple gunshot wounds in a daylight attack at a ferry dock remained in intensive care last night.
Inspector Peter Stableford said the shooting, which happened at 7.30pm on Wednesday, had caused life threatening injuri...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Industrial Union last night denied responsibility for a cruise ship’s cancellation of visits to St George’s.
A BIU spokeswoman said the union’s work to rule would end at midnight last night – before the Viking Orion’s first scheduled visi...
DATE: Jun 18, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes