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Tropical Storm Fay has led to a busy weekend for firefighters, with the Bermuda Fire and Rescue Service (BFRS) receiving more than 100 calls.
Service spokeswoman Sgt Russann Francis said that as of 10pm last night, the service received 105 emergency ...
DATE: Oct 13, 2014
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A man jailed for molesting a young girl will remain behind bars after the Supreme Court dismissed his appeal against conviction.
Caesar Graham was convicted in Magistrates’ Court last June of three counts of sexually assaulting a child under the age ...
DATE: Oct 09, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman is suing two doctors over claims that they accidentally cut her ureter during a surgery in 2006.
Nanette Snowden has launched a legal action against two doctors — Terri-Lynn Emery and Charles Dyer — for “beach of duty of care”, but counsel fo...
DATE: Oct 09, 2014
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A Pembroke man has been arrested on suspicion of impaired driving after an early morning crash in Hamilton Parish.
According to a police spokesman, at around 12.20am officers received reports of a single vehicle collision on North Shore Road near the...
DATE: Oct 09, 2014
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The Society of the Blind is marking today’s World Sight Day by launching a fundraising campaign to help prevent and manage sight loss.
The charity is also hoping to use the event to raise awareness of glaucoma and cataracts, the two leading causes of...
DATE: Oct 09, 2014
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A man found guilty of sexually touching a young boy whom he kissed has launched an appeal against his conviction.
Milton Richardson, 47, admitted during his trial that he had kissed the complainant, but has denied that he touched the child for a sexu...
DATE: Oct 08, 2014
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Court
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Government website has posted a copy of the Supreme Court’s upcoming Case Calendar, identifying several people charged with sexual offences.
The calendar, which appeared on the Judiciary’s website yesterday morning, included five men accused of sex...
DATE: Oct 07, 2014
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Opposition leader Marc Bean has called on Government to abandon plans to introduce pre-certification for medical testing.
In a statement this morning, Mr Bean said: “The news that the Bermuda Medical Doctors’ Association (BMDA) opposes the OBA’s pre-...
DATE: Oct 07, 2014
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Government will be hosting a town-hall meeting on SAGE Commission Recommendations tomorrow evening.
The meeting, to be hosted by Finance Minister Bob Richards, will be aimed at communicating high level policy decisions Government has taken with respe...
DATE: Oct 07, 2014
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Politics
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
An episode of the hit British talent show X Factor filmed in Bermuda has helped place a spotlight on the Island.
In the episode, judge Louis Walsh narrowed six groups of performers to three — the first set of finalists named in the competition — afte...
DATE: Oct 06, 2014
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