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Community activist Gina Spence has called for a review of the island’s criminal injury compensation system.
The Criminal Injuries Compensation Board’s budget has been slashed from $500,000 to $325,000 since 2007 — but Ms Spence said the need for assi...
DATE: Apr 16, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who lost teeth and suffered permanent damage to his face after he crashed while over the drink-driving limit was yesterday banned from the roads for 18 months and fined $1,200.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Wayne Broadley-Samuels, 24, lost cont...
DATE: Apr 16, 2018
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Volunteers have pitched in to help clean up a historic fort on Paget Island.
The Mirrors youth programme led the restoration drive, helped by Outward Bound, the parks department, the Royal Bermuda Regiment and other supporters, including John Rankin,...
DATE: Apr 14, 2018
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Rules to regulate a boom market in cryptocurrencies were tabled yesterday in the House of Assembly.
Wayne Caines, Minister of National Security, said the new rules would make Bermuda one of the first countries in the world to regulate initial coin of...
DATE: Apr 14, 2018
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Turtle Project is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a lecture series featuring international experts.
The series is set to begin on April 26 with David Godfrey, executive director of the Sea Turtle Conservancy in Florida, giving an il...
DATE: Apr 14, 2018
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A plan to restore a pond filled in more than 75 years ago has been given the green light.
The Development Applications Board backed a plan by Buy Back Bermuda to restore Eve’s Pond in Hamilton Parish as part of a nature reserve.
Andrew Dobson, presid...
DATE: Apr 14, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The chief executive of the island’s tourism authority said he would not have moved back to Bermuda unless he was sure he and his same-sex partner would be welcomed.
Kevin Dallas also defended Bermuda’s track record on human rights and pointed out tha...
DATE: Apr 12, 2018
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Same-Sex Marriage
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two men seriously injured by violent crime have won a court battle for bigger compensation payouts.
The Court of Appeal ruled in two separate judgments that the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board had been wrong to deduct medical expenses for awards...
DATE: Apr 12, 2018
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda is backdrop for a major American retailer’s spring fashion collection.
Now 700,000 customers will be exposed to the island’s beauty when J. McLaughlin’s latest catalogue is distributed this week.
A behind-the-scenes video of the shoot has bee...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A taxi driver accused of running a drug dealing business from his cab has been cleared of gun and drugs charges by a jury.
Jahdel Rogers, 37, was found not guilty of all five charges by unanimous verdict in the Supreme Court yesterday.
He was arreste...
DATE: Apr 11, 2018
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes