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A 31-year-old man has been killed in a shooting at the Mid-Atlantic Boat Club in Devonshire.
Police said the incident happened shortly before 11.20pm. The man was taken to King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, where he died from his injuries.
A Bermuda ...
DATE: Jan 30, 2017
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Airport Project Agreement has now been released to all MPs, according to Bob Richards.
Speaking this evening, the Minister of Finance said that he did not regret the decision not to release the document sooner, calling the release “highly unusual...
DATE: Jan 29, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
January could become the wettest in the island’s history, according to the Bermuda Weather Service.
Not including rainfall recorded yesterday, the island has already recorded more than 8.6 inches of rain this month — 1.26in shy of the record set in 1...
DATE: Jan 25, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The fittest of the fit flexed their muscles yesterday as the America’s Cup Community Grinding Challenge got under way.
Now, after the Cup’s “ironmen” displayed their strength and endurance, it is the public’s chance to show whether they have what it ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Public Accounts (PAC) is set to host its next public hearing tomorrow examining spending by the Bermuda Tourism Authority.
The committee has invited officers from the BTA to discuss matters arising out of t...
DATE: Jan 25, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Hospitals Board has invested in a new pilot programme aimed at helping address chronic diseases.
According to a spokeswoman, the Patient-Centred Medical Home programme offers outpatient referral services for individuals with chronic disea...
DATE: Jan 24, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Work to restore the titular clocks at Dockyard’s iconic Clocktower has begun in the US.
According to a Wedco spokesman, the clocks were installed 30 years ago, with one giving the time and the other the high tide time. However, mechanisms in the cloc...
DATE: Jan 23, 2017
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Progressive Labour Party is set to host a panel discussion this week intended to help the public enter the vacation rental industry.
The discussion, entitled “Unlocking Your Property’s Potential: Vacation Rentals”, will be the first in the party’...
DATE: Jan 23, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Jamaican national was named yesterday as the third person charged with a plot to supply the controlled drug fentanyl.
Maurice Martin was charged in Magistrates’ Court of a single count of conspiring with others between an unknown date and December ...
DATE: Jan 23, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Hamilton Princess is starting the new year with a host of newly renovated Fairmont Gold Rooms.
Roydell Neverson, director of rooms, described the Fairmont Gold experience as a hotel within the hotel, with guests led to a new Gold Lounge for check...
DATE: Jan 20, 2017
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes