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A Liberian gas tanker delivered an injured crew member yesterday.
The Gaschem Orca contacted Bermuda Radio yesterday afternoon after a 42-year-old Filipino national suffered a severe hand injury on board.
At the time the vessel, which was travelling ...
DATE: Jul 11, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Gay rights activists hit out yesterday after a government backbencher told the House of Assembly that many on the island did not want a Gay Pride march in Bermuda.
Adrian Hartnett-Beasley said the speech by Michael Weeks was out of order.
He wrote on...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Leaders of both political parties have traded punches over people who did not give evidence to a committee that examined a 2016 conflict between police and protesters
David Burt, the Premier, said a lack of co-operation from the police had “deprived”...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A New Jersey man was fined $16,000 after he offered to pay off a customs officer who found drugs on him.
Paul Rodrigues, who is understood to be a prison guard in the United States, admitted having a quantity of tetrahydrocannabinol, the active ingre...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
No order was given to use pepper spray on protesters outside the House of Assembly during a clash with police in 2016, the island’s senior policeman said last night.
And he denied an accusation that the gold commander at the incident had failed to an...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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Other
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A World Bank report on waste management has found that Bermuda produces more waste per head than any other country.
Bermuda topped the world in per capita waste creation, with an estimated 4.56 kilograms a person every day.
But those figures were roo...
DATE: Jul 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Progressive Labour Party backbenchers have called for a fresh discussion on independence.
Walton Brown said the need for a debate had become more important because the British Government had forced social and financial policies on Bermuda.
He told th...
DATE: Jul 09, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Modest Matthew Ross does not like to blow his own trumpet.
But Mr Ross will be doing it for a living after he was signed by the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra in Canada as the assistant principal trumpeter.
He said the job offer was “a dream come tr...
DATE: Jul 08, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Long-awaited legislation to encourage superyacht visits to Bermuda has been applauded by the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
Kevin Dallas, the BTA chief executive, said the Superyachts and Other Vessels (Miscellaneous) Bill 2019 tabled in the House of Ass...
DATE: Jul 08, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The new-look Liquor Licensing Authority will work with the drinks trade to streamline the process and move towards a paperless system.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, said the new LLA started work in May but ha...
DATE: Jul 08, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes