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Government has warned the public about a surge in influenza cases on the island. According to the Ministry of Health and Seniors, reports of fever, respiratory symptoms and influenza are all above normal levels for this time of the year.
A spokeswoma...
DATE: Feb 14, 2017
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Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Court reports were ordered on a man who yesterday admitted 16 dishonesty offences which took place since November.
Colin Landy Smith, 51, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a raft of charges related to a series of stolen cheques.
The court heard...
DATE: Feb 14, 2017
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda has asked to be part of an international agreement fighting discrimination against women — but has kept the door open for exemptions on women priests and female conscription.
The Bermuda Government has signed up to the Convention on the Elimi...
DATE: Feb 13, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Warwick man this morning admitted multiple charges in connection to a police chase which took place yesterday.
Stevon Lightbourne, 28, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to charges of assaulting police, dangerous driving, speeding, driving in a d...
DATE: Feb 13, 2017
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
They responded to the rallying cry and gathered for another day of protests, but by 9.15am they were sent back to work.
Between 150 and 200 people were at Union Square yesterday morning, with a podium set up and speakers playing gospel music, in anti...
DATE: Feb 11, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Michael Dunkley has said he was in phone contact with the Commissioner of Police during the protests of December 2.
Speaking in the House of Assembly, the Premier said that he had six separate phone conversations with the Commissioner on the day of p...
DATE: Feb 11, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Sylvan Richards formally apologised in the House of Assembly yesterday for remarks he made last week during a heated debate.
Mr Richards, the Minister of Social Development and Sport, was told to leave the chamber by Speaker of the House Randy Horton...
DATE: Feb 11, 2017
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Other
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Government is looking into introducing universal broadband service, ensuring all Bermudians have access to a basic level of internet, according to Grant Gibbons.
Addressing the House of Assembly, the Minister for Economic Development said he had requ...
DATE: Feb 11, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Another “imported” case of Zika has been reported on the island, but there has yet to be a case of the virus being transmitted.
According to the Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit website, a single imported Zika case was reported on the island this m...
DATE: Feb 10, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Students at Saltus Grammar School came together to help the nearby St John’s Anglican Church, donating more than $2,800 for work on the church’s tower.
The tower — erected in 1835 — has suffered as a result of both age and a series of hurricanes in r...
DATE: Feb 10, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes