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Jamahl Simmons has said the Progressive Labour Party will continue to support the America’s Cup to ensure that it benefits all Bermudians.
The shadow tourism minister’s afternoon statement initially distanced the Opposition from the stance taken by t...
DATE: Jan 06, 2017
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Plans to build a new St Regis hotel in St George’s — which would boost tourism and provide jobs — have been approved.
The development, which will overlook Gates Bay, will feature a 122-key resort with 97 hotel rooms and 25 suites, as well as a casino...
DATE: Jan 05, 2017
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A pair of Canadian nationals have been charged with smuggling the controlled drug fentanyl to the island.
Jacqueline Robinson, 25, from Courtice, Ontario, and Craig Lawrence, 35, from Markham, Ontario, were both charged with conspiring to import the ...
DATE: Jan 05, 2017
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Inconsistencies in the Reverend Nicholas Tweed’s work permit application surrounded his name and marital status, Cole Simons claimed yesterday.
Flanked by fellow One Bermuda Alliance MPs, the Acting Minister of Home Affairs maintained the decision to...
DATE: Jan 05, 2017
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An e-mail from a purported bus operator has claimed drivers came to work yesterday, but were blocked from doing so by “union leaders”.
The writer of the message, sent to One Bermuda Alliance backbencher Jeff Sousa and subsequently published on his Fa...
DATE: Jan 04, 2017
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Grant Gibbons has expressed his shock at Chris Furbert’s threat to derail the America’s Cup over the work permit of the Reverend Nicholas Tweed.
Referring to comments made yesterday by the Bermuda Industrial Union president, Dr Gibbons said a disrupt...
DATE: Jan 04, 2017
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A 34-year-old Warwick man appeared in the Supreme Court yesterday to deny the murder of Edmund John Flood.
Keivon Eugene Scott pleaded not guilty to murdering Mr Flood on an unknown date between September 30 and October 2 last year. Mr Scott otherwis...
DATE: Jan 04, 2017
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Keith McPhee, the former head teacher at Saltus Grammar School, has died in the UK at the age of 83.
Mr McPhee served as head teacher at the private school for more than 15 years before retiring in 1995 and moving to France with his wife.
He later re...
DATE: Jan 03, 2017
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The Bermuda Hospitals Board is equipped to deal with fentanyl overdoses should they occur on the island, according to a spokeswoman.
Speaking after the Bermuda Police Service revealed that the synthetic opioid has been found in Bermuda, the BHB said ...
DATE: Jan 03, 2017
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A Tucker’s Town resident has won a $54,000 lawsuit over a “defective” swimming pool.
While Paul Cripp complained that his swimming pool began to have problems less than a year after it was built, with tiles falling off and lights working only intermi...
DATE: Jan 03, 2017
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