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Michael Dunkley has praised the hard work of Bermuda’s Olympic team in Rio and called on the island to show its support for Flora Duffy.
Ms Duffy, considered a potential front-runner in the women’s triathlon, is set to compete for a spot on the winne...
DATE: Aug 20, 2016
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A Warwick man was yesterday morning accused of conspiring to import more than 3kg of cocaine to the island.
Curtis Swan, 54, was charged in Magistrates’ Court with conspiring with Aaron Johnston and others to import the controlled drug to the island ...
DATE: Aug 19, 2016
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A Pembroke man yesterday morning admitted attacking a female bus driver and threatening her with a blade.
Robert Harris, 69, pleaded guilty to charges of assault and possessing an offensive weapon, a utility knife, during an altercation that took pla...
DATE: Aug 19, 2016
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Tropical Storm Fiona continued its slow path towards Bermuda yesterday, but forcasts suggest the system will weaken in the coming days.
The storm, which was still around 1,400 nautical miles east-southeast of the island, was expected to fall below tr...
DATE: Aug 19, 2016
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A 23-year-old Warwick man appeared before Magistrates’ Court this morning charged with having a firearm.
Quincy Simmons stands accused of possessing a firearm on May 29 last year, and handling a firearm on an unknown date between July 7, 2010, and Ma...
DATE: Aug 19, 2016
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A group of high-profile inmates at Westgate Correctional Facility appeared before the courts yesterday morning charged with attacking a fellow prisoner.
David Cox, 37, Noel Barnett, 29, and Antoine Anderson, 39, all denied a charge of causing greivou...
DATE: Aug 19, 2016
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The Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce (BEST) has noted positive changes in the plans for a new St George’s Hotel, according to Stuart Hayward, but some questions remain.
Plans for the 122-key St Regis hotel were presented to the Departme...
DATE: Aug 18, 2016
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Environmentalist Stuart Hayward has expressed his concern over the potential development of the White Crest Hill site in Tucker’s Town, which is now on the market.
Mr Hayward, spokesman for the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforce BEST, sai...
DATE: Aug 18, 2016
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One Bermuda Alliance MP Leah Scott has been given an absolute discharge by the Magistrates’ Court after admitting a charge of trespassing.
The court heard the incident on January 29 came as a result of a long-lasting love triangle involving the MP, t...
DATE: Aug 18, 2016
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A men’s health charity is bringing Bermudian fashion sense to Guernsey to help raise cancer awareness.
Male Uprising Guernsey is celebrating Bermuda Short Week, calling on office workers to don Bermuda shorts, long socks and a suit jacket or blazer t...
DATE: Aug 17, 2016
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