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The Government has renewed a call for the public to share their thoughts about race relations in Bermuda as part of a consultation process.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community and Sport, said she was encouraged by the responses sent to t...
DATE: Dec 15, 2019
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The Fairmont Southampton hotel has been sold to a Miami-based company, it was announced last night.
Karim Alibhai, the founder of investment firm Gencom, said he planned an ambitious programme of renovations at the landmark hotel.
Mr Alibhai added: “...
DATE: Dec 14, 2019
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A new police office opened in the Town of St George yesterday.
The community policing office, housed in a renovated building on Somer’s Wharf, will provide a base of operations for community police officers in the Olde Towne.
Commissioner of Police S...
DATE: Dec 13, 2019
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A man was in police custody last night after a woman police officer was alleged to have been hit by a car after she tried to ticket the vehicle with the driver at the wheel.
A police spokesman said: “The officer was in the process of issuing a parkin...
DATE: Dec 13, 2019
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Representatives from the Hilton hotel chain visited Bermuda this week to discuss the Bermudiana Beach Resort.
The vacation hotel/residential development, to be open next summer, will be a part of the hotel’s Tapestry Collection.
Jenna Hackett, global...
DATE: Dec 13, 2019
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Tourism
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s thin blue line has to police itself, the national security minister has said.
Wayne Caines told police they must hold each other accountable in the wake of a 2½-year sentence given to an officer for corruption.
Mr Caines praised the hard wo...
DATE: Dec 13, 2019
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Crime
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new group to tackle the risks of climate change to Bermuda has been set up.
Glenn Fubler, a spokesman for the Bermuda Climate Action Network. said members had met for several months to find ways to cope with the global emergency of climate change a...
DATE: Dec 12, 2019
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Environment
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A former police officer was jailed for 2½ years yesterday for dumping more than 60 traffic tickets for his own profit.
Pc Kyle Wheatley, 34, resigned from the Bermuda Police Service on Monday after he pleaded guilty in the Supreme Court to conspiracy...
DATE: Dec 11, 2019
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A sex offender released just months ago was back behind bars yesterday after it was alleged he breached a supervision order.
Junius Caines appeared in the Supreme Court, where it was claimed he had broken his curfew, failed a urine test for drugs and...
DATE: Dec 11, 2019
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Prosecutors asked for a woman who admitted the theft of more than $110,000 from her employers to be jailed for a year.
Deidre Woolgar, 46, pleaded guilty in June to charges of theft and false accounting after her employers found she failed to deposit...
DATE: Dec 11, 2019
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes