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The 2015 Hurricane Season starts on Monday and, while forecasts suggest a quieter than average season, the Bermuda Weather Service is urging the public to stay on their toes.
Deputy director of the Bermuda Weather Service James Dodgson said that inte...
DATE: May 29, 2015
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Marc Bean, the Leader of the Opposition, appeared in Magistrates’ Court yesterday to deny a charge of using offensive language.
The charge is reportedly linked to an incident between Mr Bean and Toni Daniels, a former One Bermuda Alliance senator, ou...
DATE: May 29, 2015
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A Sandys man yesterday admitted possessing more than ten pounds of cannabis with intent to supply.
Clienty Butterfield, 35, from Woodlawn Road, pleaded guilty in Supreme Court of two counts of possessing cannabis with intent to supply on October 30 l...
DATE: May 29, 2015
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An Israeli-American visitor has been given a suspended sentence after admitting money laundering offences.
Jeff Bajayo, 67, from New York, pleaded guilty to charges of possessing $11,103 cash and a Rolex watch, worth $23,900, that he knew to represen...
DATE: May 29, 2015
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A recent study has shown that one third of the Island’s homeless have suffered drug or alcohol problems in the past year, with the majority having never received treatment.
Speaking in the House of Assembly this morning, Premier Michael Dunkley revea...
DATE: May 29, 2015
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The trial of two men charged with an armed robbery which left their partner-in-crime with a gunshot wound began yesterday in the Supreme Court.
Josef Smith, 26, from Devonshire, and Umdae Woolridge, 25, from St David’s, have both denied charges of ag...
DATE: May 28, 2015
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A local barrister has lost an appeal against a Bermuda Bar Council ruling, which resulted in him being banned from practising.
The barrister, who was not identified in the Court of Appeal judgment, was taken before a disciplinary tribunal in 2013 aft...
DATE: May 28, 2015
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A new speed bump has been installed outside of The Royal Gazette, which will become an elevated pedestrian crossing.
However, the Corporation of Hamilton, which also installed a new speed bump on North Street, outside the Tools and Equipment Building...
DATE: May 27, 2015
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A proposal to create a new marina on the waterfront at Barr’s Bay Park has been given in-principle approval by the Department of Planning.
Last November, the Corporation of Hamilton filed a planning application with the department requesting in-princ...
DATE: May 26, 2015
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The Bermuda Tourism Authority has requested that the Bermuda Government make several changes to improve the vacation rental property market.
According to a statement, the BTA has presented the government with a discussion paper, which proposes a legi...
DATE: May 23, 2015
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