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Police were out in force yesterday afternoon after a high-speed chase in the west end.
Few details were available, but it is understood that officers were involved in the chase of a white car on Middle Road.
It is understood that the car was stopped ...
DATE: Oct 26, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman who forged an insurance document to get her car out of a police pound was fined $2,100 in the Supreme Court yesterday.
Ja-Mae Smith, 32, admitted she forged an insurance certificate in July and passed the document off as real to the Transport...
DATE: Oct 25, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A US couple yesterday appeared in Magistrates’ Court today after cannabis was discovered in their cruise ship cabin.
Maria Derenzin, from Passaic, and Ibn Muhammad, from Newark, both New Jersey, admitted importation of the drug into the island on the...
DATE: Oct 25, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hotel owners were urged to use their resources to help make Bermuda a year-round destination at the Bermuda Hotel Association’s Annual General Meeting.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works and Acting Minister of Tourism and Tr...
DATE: Oct 25, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s national bird has bounced back from the brink of extinction with a record-breaking breeding season.
Jeremy Madeiros, the chief terrestrial conservation officer for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, said in the Bermuda Aud...
DATE: Oct 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Warwick man caught with more than $170,000 of cannabis was jailed for two years yesterday.
Luri Scott, 25, pleaded guilty to three counts of handling drugs with intent to supply and one charge of possession of drug equipment.
Prosecutors had asked ...
DATE: Oct 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Three Bermuda police officers will travel to the Turks & Caicos Islands next week to help boost the force’s capabilities.
The Turks & Caicos Weekly News said the Bermuda Police Service would “lend assistance and investigative support” to the Royal TC...
DATE: Oct 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Parliament will continue to meet until December without the traditional Convening of Legislature, David Burt announced yesterday.
The Premier said the House of Assembly would meet every other week until December 13 and the Senate would do the same un...
DATE: Oct 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government will host a job fair in Hamilton next Wednesday to help more Bermudians join the workforce.
Lovitta Foggo, Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, said the aim of the job fair is to pair the unemployed or under employed with poten...
DATE: Oct 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s connection with Lyme Regis in Britain has got a boost after the island’s pilot gig club joined forces with its English counterparts to promote the sport.
Now the two clubs, as well as enthusiasts from London, will take part in a fundraising...
DATE: Oct 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes