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The deputy chairman of the Tucker’s Town Historical Society said yesterday residents removed for their land for a tourist development almost a century ago were “hoodwinked” to benefit a wealthy minority.
Denny Richardson told the Commission of Inquir...
DATE: Oct 30, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man jailed for a series of sex offences against a young girl will appeal his conviction before the Court of Appeal next month.
Kenneth Williams, 47, was sentenced to three years in prison last year after he was convicted in Magistrates' Court of si...
DATE: Oct 29, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A fundraising auto show and motorcade is expected to drive crowds to Dockyard next month.
The third annual Scooter Mart Bermuda Charge will be held at the Bermuda Vintage Transport Museum in Dockyard on November 15.
David Cahill, the event director, ...
DATE: Oct 29, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Hospitals Board this morning announced that Christopher Fosker is to be its new director of cancer services.
He will take over the post of Director of Oncology from Sein Aung, who has been the department’s head for the last six years.
Dr ...
DATE: Oct 28, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Residents must take action against an “epidemic” of strokes, according to the Bermuda Hospitals Board Stroke Centre.
Francene Gayle, BHB consultant neurologist and director of the centre, said the number of stroke cases on the island has increased si...
DATE: Oct 28, 2020
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News
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The decision not to charge two police officers with a serious sex assault on a male colleague came under the spotlight at a Supreme Court judicial review yesterday.
The court heard that Larry Mussenden, the Director of Public Prosecutions, decided no...
DATE: Oct 27, 2020
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A pair of New York-based influencers have highlighted Bermuda — and the island’s Covid-19 travel policies — in a new video.
The YouTube video by Jack and Keirnan Coyne, posted last week, includes the pair getting a Covid test in New York, travelling ...
DATE: Oct 24, 2020
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News
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Tropical Storm Warning was lifted this morning as Hurricane Epsilon drifted away from the island.
As of 6am the Category 1 hurricane was about 195 miles east-northeast of Bermuda and moving northward at 7mph.
The Bermuda Weather Service’s 5.30am fo...
DATE: Oct 23, 2020
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News
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A series of videos designed to explain Bermuda’s political system have been created to mark the 400th anniversary of Parliament.
The animated video series is intended to educate the public – particularly young Bermudians – about Bermuda’s political p...
DATE: Oct 23, 2020
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News
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian man who fled the US 14 years ago after he was involved in a crash that seriously injured a teenager has lost a fight against extradition.
Paul Martin, 64, argued that his extradition order should be brought before the Privy Council for a ...
DATE: Oct 23, 2020
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News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes