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Age Concern has called on the Bermuda Government to show that it is in touch with the Island’s social issues as it prepares to deliver its fourth Throne Speech tomorrow.
Claudette Fleming, the charity’s director, said that the “tone, intent and relev...
DATE: Nov 12, 2015
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A magistrate this morning ordered reports on two teenagers who admitted beating a younger boy in a fight at the Hamilton Bus Terminal.
Adonis Robinson, 18, and Tarik Ebbin, 16, both pleaded guilty to charges of assaulting a 15 year old in an altercat...
DATE: Nov 10, 2015
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who launched and abandoned a legal action against the Government will not have to pay for the Attorney-General’s legal bills, according to a recent court ruling.
Martin Holman sued the Government after he and his wife were forced to leave the I...
DATE: Nov 09, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An almost 400-year-old Bermuda coin fetched more than $70,000 at auction recently.
The coin, a rare Sommer Islands sixpence popularly known as “hogge money”, was one of a collection of coins sold at auction in New York on October 28. The event, prese...
DATE: Nov 09, 2015
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Shortly after Bermudian veteran Isabell Flood signed up to join the Royal Canadian Air Force, she recalls an officer asking her why she had volunteered.
Mrs Flood said she quietly responded: “So men might fly.”
She added: “He wasn’t capable of flying...
DATE: Nov 09, 2015
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Other
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Arts Council last night honoured six people who dedicated themselves to entertaining and inspiring the Island.
Musician and choir leader Cecil Smith, visual artist Will Collieson, actor Gavin Wilson and singer Pinky Steede were each prese...
DATE: Nov 09, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Southampton man appeared in Magistrates’ Court this morning to deny a charge of wounding his father.
Leigh Swann, 31, pleaded not guilty to the offence, which allegedly took place on November 5.
Prosecutors allege that Mr Swann threw a kitchen knif...
DATE: Nov 09, 2015
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The handling of the St George’s Hotel project came under fire during a town-hall meeting at Penno’s Wharf on Thursday night.
While the attendees of the meeting expressed support in principle to a hotel on the former Club Med site, many expressed conc...
DATE: Nov 07, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Government is looking into several options to get cruise ships to St George’s without widening Town Cut.
Speaking at a town-hall meeting, permanent secretary for the Ministry of Tourism Development and Transport, Francis Richardson, said ...
DATE: Nov 07, 2015
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Friends were shocked and surprised by the passing of popular Bermudian photographer Ibrahim “Abes” Muhammad.
Mr Muhammad, whose photographs of the Island’s nightlife frequently appeared in The Royal Gazette and the Vybez Alliance website among others...
DATE: Nov 07, 2015
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes