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Past convictions for possession of small amounts of cannabis could be quashed, a Cabinet minister signalled yesterday.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health who led the House of Assembly budget debate for the Ministry of Legal Affairs, said the policy w...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hidden cameras on a nature reserve have recorded the hatching of another cahow chick, the second this season.
JP Rouja, the Nonsuch Expeditions team leader, said the bird broke free from its egg on Nonsuch Island on Sunday with researchers, students ...
DATE: Mar 13, 2020
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Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The hero owner of a scooter showroom slammed an armed robber to the ground and forced him to flee empty-handed.
Nick Thomson, who runs ScooterMart on Lovers Lane, in Paget, said he took on the raider, who appeared to have a handgun, after he saw him ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2020
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Other
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A farmer has urged the Government to ban importation of a controversial weedkiller over health and environmental concerns.
Tom Wadson, of Wadson’s Farm, said it was “morally wrong” to allow glyphosate-based weedkiller, the most common of which is Ro...
DATE: Mar 11, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government could install green energy solar panels on several of its buildings, it was revealed on Friday.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, told the House of Assembly that officials had been in discussions with a company ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
CedarBridge Academy planted a trio of Bermuda cedars today in honour of three women who made significant contributions to the school.
Kalmar Richards, Rosemary Matthews and Devina Butterfield were each honoured in the ceremony, held in the spirit of ...
DATE: Mar 11, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Government bid to buy a shuttered sports centre may be scrapped, the House of Assembly has heard.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said the $1 million sale was still budgeted and approved by the House, but questions had...
DATE: Mar 10, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Proposed legislation to tackle problems faced by mixed-status families is a step forward, a human rights lawyer has said.
Peter Sanderson, who has represented several people in immigration and human rights cases, said the Government deserved credit f...
DATE: Mar 09, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian park has joined a scheme to preserve forests in Commonwealth countries.
The Walsingham Nature Reserve, known as Tom Moore’s Jungle, is the first in a British Overseas Territory to be accepted by the Queen’s Commonwealth Canopy. The QCC, a...
DATE: Mar 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian convicted in connection with a car crash in the United States that left a teenager with permanent brain injury should be extradited, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Paul Martin, 64, pleaded guilty in September 2006 to a charge of vehicular a...
DATE: Mar 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes