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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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Other
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AUTHOR:
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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AUTHOR:
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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CATEGORY:
Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s cahows notched up a record 134 breeding pairs this year — and the chicks were at healthier weights than 2019.
Jeremy Madeiros, the Government’s principal conservation officer, said that 68 of the endangered birds hatched in 2020.
The number...
DATE: May 12, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Public schools will reopen only once it is safe to do so, the education minister has assured parents.
Diallo Rabain said in a Facebook discussion on Saturday night that measures would be put in place to ensure safety in the classroom.
He said: “We wi...
DATE: May 11, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
One person was in police custody this afternoon in connection to a shooting in Warwick.
Stephen Corbishley, the Commissioner of Police, said in a video on Twitter: “We do have one party in custody.
“We are searching for others that we believe were i...
DATE: May 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda may have to rethink its concentration on New York for tourism because of the Covid-19 pandemic, the island’s acting tourism chief has warned.
Glenn Jones, the interim chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, said the organisation mi...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
New cases of Covid-19 have been found in Bermuda’s care homes, the Government has revealed.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said that a total of 44 cases of the virus had been detected after tests at care homes — three more than on Monday.
It was no...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
MPs will honour the late Speaker of the House Stanley Lowe today as the legislature sits in a virtual session.
Members of Parliament and senators were expected to pay tribute to the former Speaker and veteran Parliamentarian, who was buried on Wednes...
DATE: May 08, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes