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The Government could face legal action over a plan to force non-vaccinated arrivals to quarantine in special centres at their own expense.
Mark Pettingill, a lawyer and former Attorney-General, said that the proposal was “draconian” and that he had 1...
DATE: May 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A convicted sex offender was yesterday given court permission to apply for a judicial review of a deportation order.
Brittonie Taylor, who served eight years for a serious sex assault, appeared in the Supreme Court to fight an order to send him back ...
DATE: May 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Plans to convert a warehouse into a grocery store have been shot down Government planners.
The application, submitted to the Development Applications Board in January, proposed alterations to warehouse on North Shore Road, Pembroke to create a 1,225 ...
DATE: May 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A convicted sex offender has launched a legal bid to avoid being deported back to his homeland of Jamaica.
Brittonie Taylor, released from Westgate last October after serving eight years for a serious sex assault, will ask the Supreme Court today to ...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
An oversight in the commissioning of the North Power Station and “incorrect operating instructions” sparked an island-wide power outage last year, energy firm Belco revealed yesterday.
A Belco spokesman said the company had been “resolving warranty i...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
It must be one of the stranger warnings that the Island’s Maritime Operations Centre has ever had to issue.
Ships, beware, a French inter-continental ballistic missile could be heading your way, stay clear of a large swathe of the Atlantic near Bermu...
DATE: Apr 30, 2021
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The hard work of local organisations fighting against child abuse and sexual assault was today hailed by the Women of the One Bermuda Alliance.
Nicky Gurret, chair of the OBA Women's Caucus, praised the dedication of frontline organisations including...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 20-year-old woman was in the intensive care unit today after a serious traffic collision in Smith’s yesterday afternoon.
A police spokesman said that at about 6.35pm yesterday officers responded to reports of a collision between a truck and a motor...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The developers behind the St Regis hotel project have asked for retroactive approval for several changes to the hotel's design weeks before it is set to open.
An application, submitted to the Development Applications Board this week on behalf of dev...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Efforts to improve the East End’s water and waste water infrastructure continue to move forward.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, has said the $5 million project would be a template for an island-wide water and waste water m...
DATE: Apr 29, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes