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Women’s rights advocates have condemned the police for failing to dismiss an officer who pleaded guilty to a crime against a woman colleague.
Sean Simons admitted to a charge of intruding on a woman’s privacy when he appeared in Magistrates’ Cour...
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
People worried about a proposed medical waste facility in St David’s confronted the chief executive of the Bermuda Land Development Company over their concerns at a public meeting last night.
Andrew Dias took questions at a protest gathering where s...
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
The island’s first Olympic gold champion and a record-breaking sportswoman was officially honoured by the Princess Royal yesterday.
Dame Flora Duffy was recognised for her services to sport.
She was appointed a Dame in the New Year’s Honours list 11 ...
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A junior minister has claimed that the Government is not responsible for drawing up controversial laws to protect Bermuda’s waters from overfishing.
Instead, the senator Lindsay Simmons said that the island’s “colonial status” meant that the Governme...
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
One of the island’s best-known landscaping businesses was ordered yesterday to hand over proceeds from asset sales to help to cover rent arrears.
A court heard that Sousa’s Landscape Management Company owed about $130,000 and it was hoped the money c...
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A man appeared in the Supreme Court this morning to deny the murder of the footballer Osagi Bascome.
Raheem Wray, 25, from Devonshire, pleaded not guilty to a charge that he murdered Mr Bascome in St George’s on December 18 last year.
Puisne Judge Sh...
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Environmental groups have called on the Minister of Home Affairs to overturn a decision to allow development on Devonshire Marsh.
Island Construction was given the green light by the Development Applications Board in August to erect three two-storey ...
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Education Network has named Cidalia Soares-Chan as the 2022 Outstanding Teacher of the Year.
Ms Soares-Chan, a P5 teacher at Purvis Primary School with 27 years’ experience in the teaching profession, was described by her colleagues as “c...
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Minister of Home Affairs has trumpeted the Government’s green credentials, claiming that policies are being pushed through to protect the environment on land, sea and air.
Walter Roban told attendees at last week’s Bermuda Youth Climate Summit th...
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A elderly woman is being treated in the intensive care unit for injuries sustained in a serious motorcycle crash yesterday.
Just before 2pm, police received reports of a crash involving two motorcycles near the intersection of Ord Road and Tribe Roa...
DATE: Dec 02, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan