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Darrin Simons will become Deputy Commissioner of Police next month after he passed the Strategic Command Course in the UK.
Mr Simons, who was successful in his application to be the next Deputy Commissioner last year, is the first serving Bermuda pol...
DATE: Mar 26, 2019
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A “damning” report into the condition of the island’s schools highlighted systematic problems that must be addressed, according to the One Bermuda Alliance.
Cole Simons, Shadow Minister of Education, thanked the Government for its transparency in rel...
DATE: Mar 26, 2019
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Education
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A man injured when his motorbike was in collision with a taxi last night was today in stable condition at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
A police spokesman said emergency services were called to a two vehicle collision on South Road, Warwick, nea...
DATE: Mar 25, 2019
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More than half the sex abuse cases reported to government watchdogs last year were child-on-child assaults, the Minister for Justice and Attorney-General has revealed.
Kathy Lynn Simmons told the Senate that 51 per cent of sex abuse allegations refer...
DATE: Mar 23, 2019
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Air Canada has increased its airlift between Toronto and Bermuda as the island hosts the Canadian Construction Association annual conference.
About 700 people are expected to fly to the island for the conference, which will run from today to March 28...
DATE: Mar 23, 2019
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The Leader of the Opposition in the Senate said the Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney-General had made a “mockery” of the Budget debate process.
Nick Kempe of the One Bermuda Alliance explained that the Opposition allotted two hours for debate o...
DATE: Mar 23, 2019
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A man accused of a sex assault on a woman has been acquitted in the Supreme Court.
The 20-year-old, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, walked free from court after the jury was ordered by acting puisne judge Craig Attridge to deliver a forma...
DATE: Mar 22, 2019
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A demand to find out how much cash raised by the controversial sugar tax had been used to boost health was made yesterday.
The One Bermuda Alliance said it wanted details of where the $700,000 in extra cash raised since last year from the tax had gon...
DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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Politics
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A woman was accused yesterday of handling a shotgun, a revolver and almost 500 rounds of ammunition
Tonae Perinchief-Leader, 29, was charged in Magistrates’ Court with four offences, all alleged to have taken place in Sandys on July 6, 2015.
The char...
DATE: Mar 20, 2019
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
An historic theatrical group from Boston’s Harvard University is to return to the Bermuda stage tomorrow — with women in the cast for the first time.
Hasty Pudding Theatricals will showcase their new show, France France Revolution, which has broken a...
DATE: Mar 19, 2019
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