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The trial of two people accused of a murder 13 years ago was adjourned yesterday and the jury released.
Cleveland Rogers, 52, and Katrina Burgess, 48, have denied the premeditated murder of Marcus Gibbings in 2006.
Mr Gibbings, originally from Trinid...
DATE: Aug 06, 2019
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Tourism Authority will unveil a new cultural tourism programme at a public stakeholder meeting tomorrow.
A BTA spokeswoman said the programme would put a spotlight on the island’s diverse cultural tourism attractions including its distinc...
DATE: Aug 06, 2019
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The stocks in the Town of St George could soon have a new home.
The Corporation of St George has submitted a planning application to move the stocks, pillory and whipping post from King’s Square to nearby Ordnance island.
It is planned to set them up...
DATE: Aug 05, 2019
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Other
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Graffiti threatening to shoot police is being investigated.
The offensive graffiti appeared around Pembroke on Thursday. One example, found on Happy Valley Road, said: “Shot shot kill cops for Cup Match.”
A police spokesman said: “The offensive graff...
DATE: Aug 03, 2019
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Other
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A lighthouse keeper and a member of the public turned heroes after a man threatened to jump from the top of Gibbs Hill Lighthouse.
The two talked to the 58-year-old man until police negotiators arrived at the Southampton landmark and talked him down ...
DATE: Aug 03, 2019
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Other
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man filmed naked on the roof of a house on the first day of Cup Match was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital for assessment.
A police spokesman said that officers received a report of a man on the roof of a home in Wellington Back Road, St ...
DATE: Aug 03, 2019
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Other
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A farm at the centre of a row over foul smells and pests has been sold, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Lidia Medeiros, who ran Green Land Dairy Farm in Smiths, with husband Valter for five years, confirmed the couple had sold to the Almeida Dairy Farm...
DATE: Jul 31, 2019
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Other
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Supreme Court judge has stood down after more than 20 years on the Bermuda bench.
Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves concluded his last case and confirmed his retirement at the sentencing of Parnell Brangman for child sex offences on Monday.
Mr Justice ...
DATE: Jul 31, 2019
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Other
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two Bermuda police officers will attend one of the world’s biggest Pride parades this weekend as the island gears up for its first gay rights celebration next month.
Superintendent Sean Field-Lament and Sergeant Brian Macnab will work with Sussex Pol...
DATE: Jul 31, 2019
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Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The flagship of environmental charity Greenpeace has docked in Bermuda before it heads out to sea for an expedition to the Sargasso Sea.
The MV Esperanza, on a pole-to-pole mission to highlight threats to the ocean environment, is scheduled to survey...
DATE: Jul 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes