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A 48-year-old man was today accused of importing cannabis worth more than $130,000 into Bermuda.
Vain Waldron, of Happy Valley Road, Pembroke, appeared at Magistrates’ Court, where he denied importing the drug on May 25.
He also pleaded not guilty to...
DATE: Sep 10, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A patient who suffered an agonising wait for surgery at the Island’s only hospital is being taken to the Privy Council by those he successfully sued for damages.
Bermuda Hospitals Board has opted to go to the Island’s highest court of appeal, in Lond...
DATE: Sep 05, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Homeowners should be encouraged to rent their properties to tourists and ought to be initially exempt from hotel occupancy tax, according to the Opposition.
The Progressive Labour Party said yesterday that reform of the law regulating tourist accommo...
DATE: Sep 03, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The headteacher of Saltus Grammar School has declared herself “thrilled” with her students’ IGCSE results this year.
Claire Charlemagne said 122 students in years ten and 11 at the private school sat the exams and all achieved A* to G passes.
Fourtee...
DATE: Sep 03, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Property owners who put their homes up for rent to tourists on internet letting sites could be breaking the law, The Royal Gazette has discovered.
Many homeowners on the Island are renting out rooms, apartments and whole houses to visitors, using pop...
DATE: Sep 02, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
New tourism properties that sleep less than ten people should be exempt from hotel occupancy tax for their first three years in business, according to the Opposition.
The Progressive Labour Party, responding to a front-page story in today’s edition o...
DATE: Sep 02, 2014
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
An investigation into a fire at a construction yard in Warwick has not revealed the cause.
The blaze broke out at a property owned by Eddie Roque on Quarry Hill Road, Warwick, on May 20 and needed six fire trucks and 35 firefighters to be quelled.
Se...
DATE: Aug 28, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A 76-year-old man was robbed outside his home in St George’s by a lone assailant in the early hours of Sunday, according to police.
The senior is still recovering from his injuries on a general ward at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and is said to...
DATE: Aug 27, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
A toddler with a rare heart condition is finally able to breathe on his own again after undergoing an operation lasting more than nine hours in Toronto.
The doctor in Bermuda who helped arrange the surgery for two-year-old Keyler Lopez-Mendoza has no...
DATE: Aug 27, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
The Ombudsman is “more likely than not” to issue a special report on the Government’s reaction to a finding that it failed to protect a historic cemetery at Tucker’s Town.
Victoria Pearman told The Royal Gazette that the Department of Planning had re...
DATE: Aug 26, 2014
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
