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An organisation designed to develop the booming vacation rental market has been set up.
Susan Armstrong and Andrea Brown, executive members of the Bermuda Rental Association of Vacation Home Owners, said the group could help owners with problems such...
DATE: Nov 01, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government has asked for proposals to bring an empty fire-damaged building on the edge of Hamilton back to life.
The Ministry of Public Works put out a request for proposal last Friday for a new use for Teucer House on Cedar Avenue.
The building ...
DATE: Nov 01, 2019
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An affordable housing complex is to get two new blocks which will include a total of 28 three-bedroom homes, the public works minister said yesterday.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch said the extra space at the Harbourview Village in St David’s repres...
DATE: Nov 01, 2019
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Legislation to increase Bermuda’s debt ceiling is expected to be debated today in the first sitting of the new session of the House of Assembly.
The Government Loans Amendment (No 2) Act, tabled in September, will increase the debt ceiling by $250 mi...
DATE: Nov 01, 2019
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two convicted killers are expected to appear before the Court of Appeal this month in efforts to have their convictions quashed.
Kiari Tucker and Jeremiah Dill are among several defendants included on the draft cause list for the Court’s November ses...
DATE: Nov 01, 2019
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s legal world yesterday honoured the late Sir James Astwood, a trailblazing former Chief Justice.
Sir James, the first black Bermudian Chief Justice, was said to be an insightful and compassionate judge whose common-sense rulings had stood th...
DATE: Oct 31, 2019
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Court Street area businesses yesterday backed a plan by the Premier to introduce more co-operatives.
Preston Ephraim, owner of OM Juicery, said extra support for entrepreneurs from co-op financial institutions and co-op stores would be good for the e...
DATE: Oct 30, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police arrested four men on Friday after a high-speed chase from Paget to Southampton.
A police spokesman said the driver was later charged with a series of offences and two of the passengers were held for warrants.
The fourth was released without ch...
DATE: Oct 30, 2019
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man was yesterday charged with a string of 20-year-old sex offences against two girls.
The 56-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, appeared in Magistrates’ Court to face multiple sex charges, including two counts that he had unlawf...
DATE: Oct 29, 2019
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Theatre fans will be able to cruise to Bermuda next autumn with a glittering cast of Broadway stars as part of a theatre-themed cruise on the Norwegian Pearl.
The inaugural Broadway Cruise, set to sail from New York next October, will feature perform...
DATE: Oct 26, 2019
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes