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A veteran teacher and education official said yesterday she was disappointed but not embittered, after a court rejected her bid to overturn the appointment of the Commissioner of Education.
Gina Tucker had argued that she was not given a fair opportu...
DATE: Jul 24, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Delays to Supreme Court trials will cause extra stress for defendants, victims and the police, a lawyer predicted yesterday.
Victoria Greening, of Resolution Chambers, said that the inability to hold jury trials — potentially until next year — could ...
DATE: Jul 23, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man left behind bars for more than five months longer than his sentence as he waited to be deported could leave the island on Monday, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.
Angelo Toussay, 36, a French national, was sentenced to nine months in jail aft...
DATE: Jul 23, 2020
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
An oil tanker with a sick crew member diverted to Bermuda at the weekend for urgent medical assistance — but the sailor died before the ship got to the island.
The Department of Marine and Port Services said the Maltese-registered tanker Seatrust tur...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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The Bermuda Hospitals Board’s Chief of Staff will be its next chief executive and president, it was announced yesterday.
Michael Richmond will take over the job from Venetta Symonds as she takes early retirement this month after eight years in the po...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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Health
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Warwick man who swerved across the road near the scene of a crash was yesterday fined and banned from the roads for drink driving.
Tuala Bame, 58, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to riding a motorcycle while over the legal blood-alcohol limit ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman today admitted stealing more than $1,000 from her employer over a three-month period.
Kellee Burgess, 32, pleaded guilty to stealing $1,286 in cash from the Complete Care Clinic on Dundonald Street, Hamilton, between March 17 and June 26 last...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man caught drink driving twice on the same road four years apart was referred to the DUI Court programme yesterday.
Travis DeShields, 39, pleaded guilty to two counts of driving while impaired on Malabar Road, Sandys.
The first incident happened in...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A historic fort in St George’s may soon reopen to the public after a restoration project.
The St George’s Foundation restored the Martello Tower and the nearby gunpowder magazine property at Ferry Point Park in St George’s.
The foundation had asked f...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Schoolchildren started their summer with a splash this month as the Aqua Camp programme continued despite Covid-19.
The Bermuda Aquarium, Museum & Zoo said this year’s camps could not be held at it Flatts headquarters, but young people had been able ...
DATE: Jul 22, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes