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A campaign manager for the Progressive Labour Party died suddenly at the weekend.
Keita Wilson was 45.
Ms Wilson helped Tinee Furbert’s successful campaign for the St George’s South seat in the 2017 General Election.
Ms Furbert said: “I am heartbroke...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Defendants waited nearly twice as long to have their cases heard in the Supreme Court last year compared with 2018.
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons said in the annual report of the judiciary, a lack of court space and trial judges had caused the wa...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The vice-president of the Bermuda Industrial Union and a veteran sportsman has died.
Glen Simmons was 67.
A spokeswoman for the BIU said yesterday: “The officers and members of the Bermuda Industrial Union are extremely saddened after learning of the...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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The case of two people charged with a man’s murder will go to a jury today.
Lawyers for Cleveland Rogers and Katrina Burgess told the Supreme Court on Friday that the evidence put forward by prosecutors could not support their “Lifetime movie” narrat...
DATE: Mar 04, 2020
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police have arrested a fifth man in connection with a daylight robbery of a gold dealer.
A police spokesman said officers arrested a 34-year-old man on Friday. He added that the man was later released on bail pending further inquiries.
The spokesman ...
DATE: Mar 03, 2020
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda newest police recruits have raised money from a carwash event for a young Bermudian hospitalised in the US.
Funds raised from the carwash, held on Saturday at the Rubis Warwick gas station on South Road, will to go 27-year-old Dandre Outerbri...
DATE: Mar 03, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A charity set up to create opportunities in the world of science has launched a series of scholarships.
The Bermuda Principles Foundation will offer five scholarships named in honour of the late Eugene Cox, a former Minister of Finance and Deputy Pre...
DATE: Mar 03, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Viewers around the world watched a critically endangered cahow chick hatch in Bermuda at the weekend.
Nonsuch Expedition’s CahowCam project broadcast a hatching live from Nonsuch Island on Friday night — the eighth year cameras have been used to stre...
DATE: Mar 03, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The One Bermuda Alliance’s Budget Reply ignored positive economic signs, according to David Burt, the Premier.
Mr Burt, speaking to The Royal Gazette this afternoon, said: “What’s interesting was what was actually missed in the fact that the Shadow M...
DATE: Feb 29, 2020
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
An increase in work permit fees and a decrease in payroll tax could help Bermudians get into the workforce, the shadow finance minister said.
Patricia Gordon-Pamplin, the Shadow Minister of Finance, told The Royal Gazette this afternoon that other ju...
DATE: Feb 29, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes