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The Bermuda Heart Foundation and New York-Presbyterian Hospital are partnering to host a seminar this weekend.
The seminar is intended to help local medical experts learn more about advancements in cardiology and nephrology.
Simone Barton, chief exec...
DATE: Feb 01, 2018
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A dangerous driver caught on camera is to be brought to book, police promised yesterday.
Footage turned over to police showed a white Mazda pulling out from Southcote Road in Paget on to South Road without stopping, despite morning traffic.
The car w...
DATE: Feb 01, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Premier launched a new campaign yesterday to combat money laundering.
Mr Burt, also the Minister of Finance, said the campaign would recruit the entire island in a bid to fight financial crime.
The campaign, called “Just Good Business”, will high...
DATE: Feb 01, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Arijahknow Live Wires took to the steps of City Hall this week as part of a new project to promote peace in Bermuda.
Campaigner Cleveland Simmons said the show was part of the Caravan programme, which is intended to help bring people together.
“The C...
DATE: Feb 01, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Welsh accountant has pleaded guilty to laundering almost $1.8 million stolen from the Bermuda Government.
Jeffrey Bevan, 50, from Cwmbran, admitted transferring the money into his own bank account, using it to buy homes, a Mercedes car and fund his...
DATE: Jan 31, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Budget will focus on sparking economic growth in Bermuda, the Premier said last night.
David Burt, also Minister of Finance, told an audience at St Paul Centennial Hall that any tax increases in the looming Budget would be “small and targeted”.
H...
DATE: Jan 31, 2018
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermudian actor Jordan Claire Robbins is set to bewitch audiences this week on TV show Supernatural.
Ms Robbins will guest star as a witch on Thursday’s episode of the hit US production.
She said yesterday: “When I was offered the opportunity to come...
DATE: Jan 30, 2018
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Other
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A generation of “lost boys” need to be saved, senior magistrate Juan Wolffe warned on Friday.
Mr Wolffe said abuse of drugs and alcohol by young Bermudians had created a crisis.
He added: “The vast majority of male teenagers who find themselves in Ma...
DATE: Jan 30, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Tourism Authority is to get a human resources audit in the wake of redundancies at the quango, it was revealed last night.
A source close to the situation said Jamahl Simmons, the Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, wanted a new...
DATE: Jan 30, 2018
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Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man convicted of a plot to import cannabis to Bermuda using his mother’s name on the package has lost an appeal in the Supreme Court.
Tafari Wilson, 36, lodged an appeal against his conviction after trial by magistrate Khamisi Tokunbo in March last...
DATE: Jan 29, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes