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Two men were banned from the roads for 18 months and fined yesterday after they admitted drink-driving offences.
Allan Somner, 51, pleaded guilty to driving while over the legal blood-alcohol limit on Christmas Eve.
Magistrates’ Court heard that offi...
DATE: Dec 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 26-year-old woman was jailed for nine months yesterday after she admitted a bid to smuggle more than $45,000 worth of cannabis resin to Bermuda.
Magistrates Tyrone Chin heard that Sheneal Harris was arrested at the airport with 457.49 grams of the ...
DATE: Dec 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda is expected to receive an extra 68,000 cruise ship visitors next year, according to the Government.
Next year’s cruise ship schedule includes 192 calls to Bermuda, which is estimated to bring 544,000 passengers, a rise of 14 per cent on the 2...
DATE: Dec 28, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda is expected to receive a dozen more cruise ship visits in 2019 than it did in 2018, according to the newly released Cruise Ship Schedule.
Dockyard will see an extra 16 visits throughout the year, with a new one scheduled for the Great Sound, ...
DATE: Dec 27, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda has lost almost 40 acres of tourism-zoned land due to the conversion of vacation properties to homes.
A review of the draft Bermuda Plan found that condominium development at hotels and the conversion of former hotels and guesthouses to apart...
DATE: Dec 27, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Civil Aviation Authority has reminded the public that drones are not allowed near the airport as troubles continue at Gatwick airport.
Thomas Dunstan, director general of the BCAA, said: “Commercial and personal unmanned aircraft — drones...
DATE: Dec 22, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The British Airways flight from London to Bermuda was among hundreds cancelled yesterday amid security fears over illegal drone flights at Gatwick airport.
But BA flew an aircraft to Bermuda from London Heathrow to transport passengers booked to leav...
DATE: Dec 21, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The $1.7 million white elephant flagship of the police fleet is up for sale.
A police spokesman said the Australian-built MV Guardian was on the market because “the cost of maintaining it outweighs the benefit of retaining it”.
The boat, which spen...
DATE: Dec 21, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke man denied wounding a neighbour in an altercation near Spanish Point.
Kevin Mello, 38, pleaded not guilty today to a charge of wounding Joshua Madeiros on Tuesday.
Magistrate Tyrone Chin remanded Mello into custody until January 4, when th...
DATE: Dec 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke man was banned from the road for three years today after he admitted drinking and driving for the second time in two years.
Anthony Thomas, 56, pleaded guilty to driving while impaired on December 2.
Magistrates’ Court heard that at 4.45pm...
DATE: Dec 21, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes