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The Department of Immigration refused to follow the advice of the Ombudsman following a Bermudian’s complaint about being overlooked for a job.
The Ombudsman’s Annual Report for 2014, tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday, also claims that the Mi...
DATE: Jun 27, 2015
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Bermudian friends of murdered South Carolina state senator and pastor Clementa Pinckney yesterday remembered him as someone destined for greatness.
Sen Pinckney — one of nine people killed in a shooting in the historical Emanuel AME Church — was buri...
DATE: Jun 27, 2015
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Changes to the Island’s insurance legislation were approved in the House of Assembly last night with the support of both parties.
The Insurance Amendment (No 2) Act 2015, tabled by Finance Minister Bob Richards, is intended to clarify and strengthen ...
DATE: Jun 27, 2015
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A police officer was yesterday morning charged with injuring a man through driving without due care.
Claude Jean, 32, from Devonshire, appeared in uniform in Magistrates’ Court to deny a charge of causing grievous bodily harm to Olatunji Gardiner by ...
DATE: Jun 26, 2015
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A judge has found the directors of Par-la-Ville Hotel and Residences Ltd may have “acted dishonestly” and refused to drop injunctions against them linked to an $18 million loan.
Directors Michael and Yasmin MacLean, along with trustees Shane Mora and...
DATE: Jun 25, 2015
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The Progressive Labour Party has called on Attorney General Trevor Moniz to resign, accusing him of misleading the House of Assembly regarding controversial criminal justice legislation.
However Mr Moniz has responded that the PLP have been “mischiev...
DATE: Jun 25, 2015
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Toxins from fossil fuels are causing a worrying number of deformities in the Island’s pond life according to recent research.
A study by the Bermuda Amphibian Project, led by principal investigator Jamie Bacon, found deformities in a quarter of all t...
DATE: Jun 24, 2015
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The cost of post is set to increase next month, according to the Bermuda Post Office (BPO).
A spokesman for the post office said that it would be introducing a rate change and “modernisation” of it postal products on July 1, with changes to local and...
DATE: Jun 24, 2015
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Brothers Michael and Melvin Brangman have been charged in connection with a recent stabbing in Sandys.
Melvin Brangman, 46, was charged with assaulting Clifton Anderson on June 18 with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm.
Both he and his younge...
DATE: Jun 23, 2015
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Bermuda yesterday mourned a “unique human being” dedicated to making one Bermuda for all.
Robert Vaughan Barritt, a former Member of Parliament, senator and celebrated artist, died recently at the age of 88.
Speaking out about the death of his politi...
DATE: Jun 23, 2015
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