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A Canadian airline passenger was arrested after she allegedly assaulted police who were removing her from a plane.
According to a police spokeswoman, at around 2pm today officers received a report of an “unruly passenger” on board a WestJet flight bo...
DATE: Jun 02, 2016
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Bermuda, along with a host of other Overseas Territories, is today launching an initiative aimed at tackling child sexual abuse.
Twelve territories are expected to roll out dedicated International Watch Foundation Reporting Portals, intended to allow...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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Crime
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Sandys man appeared in Magistrates’ Court to deny a charge of stealing from a Reid Street clothing store.
Desmond Trott, 34, denied entering 27th Century Boutique as a trespasser and stealing $100.
The offence allegedly occurred sometime between Ma...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Pembroke man this morning admitted having control of a pitbull that attacked a nine-year-old boy.
Kyle Wade, 25, also pleaded guilty to possessing two unlicensed pitbulls on June 14, when the incident occurred.
Magistrates’ Court heard that at arou...
DATE: Jun 01, 2016
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Consultative Immigration Reform Working Group has called on the public to give their thoughts on the concept of immigration and adoption.
Any person who is adopted by a Bermudian is deemed to be Bermudian until their 22nd birthday. To achieve Ber...
DATE: May 31, 2016
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Historian and teacher Colin Benbow, who wrote the definitive history about the Boer War prisoners in Bermuda, has died at the age of 85.
Mr Benbow first came to the island in the mid-1950s and quickly became entrenched in researching the island’s his...
DATE: May 30, 2016
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The former Harrington Sound Post Office could be sold for $700,000, according to a draft Sale and Purchase Agreement.
The document, tabled in the House of Assembly last Friday, lists the potential buyer as Frank Martin Pollard.
In addition to the Ham...
DATE: May 30, 2016
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Local meteorologist Mark Guishard has been highlighted in South Carolina in advance of the 2016 hurricane season.
Mr Guishard, the programme manager for Bermuda’s Risk Prevention Initiative at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, has been feature...
DATE: May 30, 2016
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Weather
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Days before the start of the 2016 Hurricane Season, the Ministry of National Security is urging the public to be prepared for storms.
This week, the ministry will be marking Hurricane Preparedness Week with a series of events aimed at reminding resid...
DATE: May 30, 2016
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CATEGORY:
Weather
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Department of Child and Family Services has honoured the island’s foster parents at their annual Foster Care Appreciation tea.
Sylvan Richards, the Minister of Social Development and Sport, said that during the month of May, the Department of Chi...
DATE: May 30, 2016
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Owain Johnston-Barnes