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A Guernsey charity is to use classic island style to raise money as part of its annual Bermuda Shorts Day.
Guernsey Male Uprising has asked people in the British Crown Dependency to don Bermuda shorts and long socks on the week of July 8 for the even...
DATE: Jun 21, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A homeless man sent a series of death threats against David Burt and his family in a “campaign of abuse and harassment”, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.
The Premier, who has two young children, was “alarmed and disturbed” by the messages, which ra...
DATE: Jun 21, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian entrepreneur hailed as a “shining example” of a tourism ambassador has won an international award for his work in the industry.
Dennie O’Connor won the 2019 International Certified Tourism Ambassador Star Award after receiving three local...
DATE: Jun 20, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Warwick man admitted handling more than $290,000 of drugs with intent to supply.
Luri Scott, 24, pleaded guilty at Supreme Court on Tuesday to handling cannabis, cannabis resin and tetrahydrocannabinol, the active ingredient in cannabis, at his hom...
DATE: Jun 20, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A team of scientists have partnered with Dolphin Quest Bermuda for a new study which could help prevent boat-related injuries to wild dolphins.
Jason Bruck, dolphin researcher from Oklahoma State University’s Department of Integrative Biology, came t...
DATE: Jun 20, 2019
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A legal dispute between the Director of the Department of Public Prosecutions and one of his deputies over an allegation of gross misconduct came before the Court of Appeal yesterday.
Larry Mussenden sought to overturn a decision by the Supreme Court...
DATE: Jun 20, 2019
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Court of Appeal was urged to overturn a murder conviction on the basis that fresh evidence had arisen.
Jerome Lynch QC, lawyer for Khyri Smith-Williams, told the court last week that two affidavits, one signed and one not, could raise doubts on t...
DATE: Jun 19, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Lawyers for a man fighting for Bermuda status told London’s Privy Council that his lack of status was “unfair” and an “anomaly”.
Richard Drabble, QC, told the court that Bermudian-born Michael Barbosa cannot apply for Bermudian status because he was ...
DATE: Jun 14, 2019
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Warwick man accused of a 2017 fatal shooting was unanimously found guilty by a jury yesterday.
Kiari Tucker, 22, was found guilty on charges that he murdered Morlan Steede and used a firearm to commit an indictable offence after 5½ hours of deliber...
DATE: Jun 14, 2019
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda must do more to improve access for the disabled, a new non-profit group set up to help people who have lost limbs said this week.
LeKiesha Wolffe and Ryan Gibbons, of A New Life, said very few places were designed to be accessible to people w...
DATE: Jun 12, 2019
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