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Belco has sent a third group of linemen to the British Virgin Islands to help bring power back to the hurricane-battered country.
The latest five-man squad from Belco travelled to Tortola in the island group last week after the islands’ power authori...
DATE: Jan 29, 2018
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Jeff Baron is to speak at an international summit on group violence this week.
Mr Baron, the Shadow Minister of National Security, will be taking part in the International Citizen Security Summit in Tijuana, Mexico, on Thursday.
He said: “I’m expecti...
DATE: Jan 29, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man and his accomplice stole cash from Belvin’s Variety in Smith’s yesterday.
A police spokesman said officers received a report of a robbery at the Middle Road store at about 5pm.
“It appears that a male walked into the store and stole money out o...
DATE: Jan 29, 2018
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The Government intends to reduce the cost of legal aid this year by hiring two additional lawyers, according to the Attorney-General.
Senator Kathy Lynn Simmons said the fixed salaries of the new counsel would contain costs while creating two new job...
DATE: Jan 29, 2018
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A man was arrested in the early hours of this morning after a car hit two people in Hamilton.
A police spokesman said: “It appears that a car collided with a 41-year-old Southampton man sat on a parked motorcycle and a 27-year-old Sandys parish woman...
DATE: Jan 29, 2018
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The Government will tomorrow host a public meeting to discuss the pre-Budget report.
The meeting, to be held at the St Paul Centennial Hall in Hamilton from 6pm, will give the public the chance to quiz David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance,...
DATE: Jan 29, 2018
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Chief Justice Ian Kawaley called for action to secure judicial independence as he formally opened the 2018 legal year.
Leading the ceremony for the last time as Chief Justice, Mr Justice Kawaley said: “Judicial independence has been consistently unde...
DATE: Jan 27, 2018
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A drug smuggler caught importing cocaine while on probation for heroin trafficking has been jailed for another 12 years.
Rudolph Travers Clarke was jailed for more than seven years in the United States in 2012 for his part in a $3.9 million heroin im...
DATE: Jan 27, 2018
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Court
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Laura Herrmann-Couallier, a graphic artist who put together collections of Bermuda photography, has died at the age of 52.
Mrs Herrmann-Couallier and her husband, Christophe, were among 12 people killed last month when a tour bus crashed in Mexico.
A...
DATE: Jan 27, 2018
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A crash involving three cars on East Broadway slowed traffic to a crawl yesterday morning.
The accident, in the lane heading towards Hamilton, caused serious damage to a wall and all three vehicles.
A police spokesman said that emergency services wer...
DATE: Jan 26, 2018
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