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The Government plans to create a vertical farming industry on the island have been put on hold after the overseas company behind the scheme reported massive losses.
The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation had partnered with Florida-based Kalera ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A bid by prosecutors to reopen a drink-driving case that has dragged through the courts for three years has been rejected.
The Department of Public Prosecutions argued that the case against defendant Damon Edwards was erroneously dismissed by a magis...
DATE: Nov 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
MPs will return to the House of Assembly this morning, where they can expect to hear 12 ministerial statements and the One Bermuda Alliance reply to the Throne Speech.
An order paper showed five members were expected to be absent from proceedings – P...
DATE: Nov 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A 68-year-old man who died in a single-vehicle car crash early on Tuesday has been identified as Albert Simons.
Police have also stated that Mr Simons, who was found in an unresponsive state in his car, died of natural causes and his death is theref...
DATE: Nov 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Ernest Peets, the former minister, has departed the Senate as David Burt named a new Progressive Labour Party member of the Upper Chamber.
The Premier announced that Leslie Robinson replaced Dr Peets at a swearing-in ceremony at Government House yest...
DATE: Nov 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Constitutional reform will feature strongly in the House of Assembly as a study on how self-government would work is discussed by MPs.
The document, commissioned by the Government, was revealed in the Throne Speech, but scant detail of its conte...
DATE: Nov 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A man found guilty of driving without due care following a collision in which a motorcyclist was injured has had his conviction quashed on appeal.
Patrick Francis was driving west on Middle Road in Southampton in February 2019 when the accident happe...
DATE: Nov 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A sailboat that washed ashore during a recent hurricane has been removed as part of a collaborative effort to clean up the island’s inshore waters.
The vessel has been left abandoned at Stone Crusher Corner on Kindley Field Road, St George’s.
Environ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The island’s newest lawyer was praised by his colleagues in a Call to the Bar ceremony at the Supreme Court with a quote from US rapper Kendrick Lamar to illustrate his perseverance.
Reid Orchard, a hip-hop fan as well as a fourth-generation lawyer, ...
DATE: Nov 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Jamahl Simmons, a prominent Progressive Labour Party MP, has strongly defended his mother after she criticised the education minister over sweeping changes to primary schools.
The former Cabinet member said he would always put his family ahead of an...
DATE: Nov 18, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly