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A 47-year-old man caught riding a motorbike while more than double the drink-driving limit was banned yesterday for 18 months.
Calvin Trott, from Smith’s, was also fined $1,200 at Magistrates’ Court.
Magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo heard that Trott was st...
DATE: Feb 08, 2018
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police officers who seized a terrified three-year-old boy from his parents acted outside the law, the Supreme Court has ruled.
Assistant Justice David Kessaram said that the Department of Child and Family Services and Family Court had been wrong to b...
DATE: Feb 07, 2018
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Doctors from a top US hospital have helped island practitioners to keep up with the latest developments in heart and kidney treatment.
The team from New York-Presbyterian Hospital held a seminar organised by the Bermuda Heart Foundation and sponsored...
DATE: Feb 06, 2018
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda’s rich culture and heritage has drawn hundreds of specialist travel planners to the island.
The 32nd Educational Travel Consortium Conference, the first to be held outside of the United States, is being held at the Fairmont Southampton.
Mara ...
DATE: Feb 06, 2018
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A mother who lost her son in a road crash has now lost a civil claim seeking damages from the other driver involved.
Sandra Matthews-Wilson launched the case on behalf of her grandchildren, arguing that Lesley Cox was partially responsible for the de...
DATE: Feb 05, 2018
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A speciality court could be introduced to focus on drink drivers.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe said he wants to tackle Bermuda’s crippling culture of drink driving and break the cycle of repeat offending.
It would mean offenders go through intense c...
DATE: Feb 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Record-breaking commercial fisherman David Soares is celebrating another big catch after landing a 471lb tuna.
Mr Soares was fishing alone near Challenger Banks at about 10am on Friday when he hooked the massive bluefin tuna.
He said: “I knew it was ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermudian Marvin Ford has joined the touring cast of a musical written by rock star Sting.
Mr Ford said he was surprised to have landed his first professional role in The Last Ship.
He said: “My first thought was that they were joking. I was shocked....
DATE: Feb 03, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Eleven of the island’s teachers have been nominated for a top award.
The 2018 Outstanding Teacher Award, set up by the Bermuda Education Network, will be presented at the group’s second annual Chinese new year celebration on February 17.
The teachers...
DATE: Feb 02, 2018
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Education
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Security at the Supreme Court must be improved, Puisne Judge Charles-Etta Simmons has said.
“The physical security of the building, and of the judges in particular, is conspicuous by its absence,” Ms Justice Simmons said.
“The House of Assembly has ...
DATE: Feb 01, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes