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An annual cancer fundraising event will take place in virtual form this evening.
The 2020 Relay for Life, which supports the Bermuda Cancer and Health Centre, will start at 6pm “island wide” with participants to register and join in from their homes,...
DATE: May 15, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislation to allow people to withdraw up to $12,000 from their private pension plans was approved by the Senate yesterday.
Vance Campbell, a government senator and the junior public works minister, said the legislation was intended to help people w...
DATE: May 14, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A cruise ship passenger caught with $240,000 worth of drugs on a Bermuda-bound vessel was jailed for more than two years yesterday.
Margil Mireles, 32, was sentenced to 27 months in the Supreme Court for his involvement in a plot to bring cannabis, l...
DATE: May 14, 2020
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Three of Bermuda’s religious leaders have come together to form a new group to promote unity in the face of Covid-19.
Bishop Wes Spiewak of the Catholic Diocese of Hamilton, Imam Emir Saleem Talbot of the Bermuda Islamic Cultural Centre and the Right...
DATE: May 14, 2020
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Other
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man charged with a daylight shooting at the weekend appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Daneko Cann-Hayward, 22, was charged with robbery, use of a firearm after committing an indictable offence and handling a firearm.
The offences are allege...
DATE: May 13, 2020
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Portuguese national who has lived in Bermuda for more than 20 years has lost a legal fight for naturalisation.
Marco Tavares asked the Supreme Court to overturn a decision by the Immigration Appeal Tribunal to deny him residency rights in Bermuda.
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DATE: May 13, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s cahows notched up a record 134 breeding pairs this year — and the chicks were at healthier weights than 2019.
Jeremy Madeiros, the Government’s principal conservation officer, said that 68 of the endangered birds hatched in 2020.
The number...
DATE: May 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Public schools will reopen only once it is safe to do so, the education minister has assured parents.
Diallo Rabain said in a Facebook discussion on Saturday night that measures would be put in place to ensure safety in the classroom.
He said: “We wi...
DATE: May 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
One person was in police custody this afternoon in connection to a shooting in Warwick.
Stephen Corbishley, the Commissioner of Police, said in a video on Twitter: “We do have one party in custody.
“We are searching for others that we believe were i...
DATE: May 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda may have to rethink its concentration on New York for tourism because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the island’s acting tourism chief has warned.
Glenn Jones, the interim chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, said the organisation mi...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes