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A special election will be held in the Town of St George next month to fill a vacancy left by the departure of Tania Stafford as a councillor.
A notice in the Official Gazette published on August 8 said Ms Stafford resigned on July 23.
She joined the...
DATE: Aug 16, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermuda-registered plane crash landed outside Moscow in Russia yesterday morning after a bird strike.
The Ural Airlines Airbus 321 was en route from Moscow’s Zhukovskiy Airport to Simferopol in Crimea, when it hit a flock of gulls just after take-o...
DATE: Aug 16, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian film-maker is returning to the festival circuit soon with a new short film, supported by the Bermuda Arts Council.
Rory Wilson wrote, directed, produced and acted in the short film Drop, which he has now submitted to film festivals around...
DATE: Aug 15, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A serial conman who defrauded his friends of thousands of dollars was jailed for three years yesterday and ordered to make reparations to his victims
Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons said Jonathan Ratteray had multiple chances to change his mind abo...
DATE: Aug 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Competitors will dig in to the Bermuda Sandcastle Competition this month with a total of $3,500 in prize money at stake.
A top prize of $500 will be awarded to the best sandcastle and a further $3,000 worth of cash prizes can be won across four categ...
DATE: Aug 15, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two Puerto Ricans caught at the airport in an attempt to leave with cash and equipment to make fake credit cards were jailed yesterday for 16 months.
Juan De La Cruz Carvajal, 21, and Avik Kavil Abreu Rivera, 24, admitted charges of conspiracy to ste...
DATE: Aug 14, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Air visitor arrivals dropped by 5 per cent year-on-year in the first half of 2019, with the sharpest falls in the number of younger visitors and arrivals from New York, the tourism authority said yesterday.
However, the air arrivals spent 7 per cent ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An elderly Bermudian man who collapsed in Florida while on a cruise with his family said staff at Port Canaveral saved his life after he collapsed with a heart attack.
Peter Rego, 72, had just left a cruise ship when he collapsed, but was helped by a...
DATE: Aug 13, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Supreme Court delayed sentencing of a career conman yesterday after he claimed his victims thought they had made investments in the drug trade.
Jonathan Ratteray, 32, from Smith’s, was scheduled to be sentenced for multiple counts of dishonesty.
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DATE: Aug 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A drop in the number of younger visitors hit leisure air arrivals between April and June, the Bermuda Tourism Authority said yesterday.
The largest decline in visitors was in the 25 to 34 age bracket, which saw a 13.5 per cent decline over the period...
DATE: Aug 13, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes