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A 26-year-old man was remanded in custody today after he denied exposing himself in public.
The homeless man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
Magistrates’ Court heard the charges related to an al...
DATE: May 18, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda may be closed to visitors, but the Bermuda Tourism Authority has already begun to highlight the island as a post-Covid destination.
A BTA spokeswoman said the body has already worked with lifestyle and travel magazines, newspapers and televis...
DATE: May 18, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Layoffs and pay cuts caused in the novel coronavirus pandemic have hit people on lower incomes hardest, a survey has found.
A poll by Total Research Associates said that 26 per cent of working residents had been laid off.
A total of 38 per cent told ...
DATE: May 16, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s health providers will next month update how they classify medical problems to help provide better coverage.
The Bermuda Health Council announced this morning it would shift its medical diagnostic coding system from ICD-9 to ICD-10, which it...
DATE: May 15, 2020
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Health
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
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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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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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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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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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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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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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes