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Bermuda’s police helped to snare a man who raped a 15-year-old boy on a cruise ship berthed in Dockyard.
Adam Boyd, from Mississippi, has admitted the offence in a US courtroom and will be sentenced this year.
Boyd, 32, pleaded guilty to sexual abuse...
DATE: May 02, 2019
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
George Dowling III has promised fresh ideas to revitalise the town and community of St George if elected as mayor.
Mr Dowling, who will go head-to-head with Kenneth Bascome in a municipal election on May 9, said that even if the Government replaced t...
DATE: May 02, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Millions of tennis fans around the world will get an introduction to Bermuda this summer when the island sponsors the US Open Tennis Championships, it was revealed yesterday.
The Bermuda Tourism Authority has been unveiled as the exclusive tourism sp...
DATE: May 01, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The president of the Bermuda Taxi Owners Association was banned from the roads yesterday for drink-driving.
David Frost, 69, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a charge of driving while more than 2½ times the legal limit.
Frost admitted that he ...
DATE: Apr 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 69-year-old man has been pronounced dead after he was found in an unresponsive state in a car this afternoon.
A police spokesman said emergency services were called to the incident at a property on Hidden Lane, Pembroke, at about 12.40pm.
He said: ...
DATE: Apr 30, 2019
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Other
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Hundreds of people came together at St Theresa’s Cathedral yesterday to mourn those lost in the Easter Day terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka.
John Rankin, the Governor, addressed the congregation at a special Mass held at the Pembroke church, greeting t...
DATE: Apr 29, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda will host an international parliamentary seminar this week intended to help lawmakers broaden their understanding of the legislative process.
Dennis Lister, Speaker of the House, announced that the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association had b...
DATE: Apr 29, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A “well-known” 55-year-old man has been arrested after an assault recorded on video.
A police spokesman said: “The Bermuda Police Service can now confirm that the woman in the car who was apparently assaulted by a well-known male member of our commun...
DATE: Apr 28, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government is to host a series of public meetings on the creation of a living wage or a minimum wage in Bermuda.
The first of the meetings, organised by the Ministry of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, will be held at the St George’s Cricket ...
DATE: Apr 28, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man accused of stabbing a restaurant worker 13 times in an attempted robbery told a jury he was robbed the same night.
Alex Wolffe, 20, said he was on a borrowed motorcycle in the Keith Hall Road area of Warwick when he was confronted by two men, o...
DATE: Apr 27, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes