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A controversial senator tonight quit the Upper House after a court case over $19,000 unpaid rent to an elderly woman.
Curtis Richardson resigned after a growing storm of criticism of his position after his former landlady Margaret Harvey gave evidenc...
DATE: Jan 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A one-hour Bermudian road safety tribute will air tonight after it was taken up by the athletics department at the University of California, Berkeley.
Online registration for the “Pain into Purpose” Zoom presentation, showing online from 9.30pm, can ...
DATE: Jan 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Almost 5,000 tickets have been handed out to road users since the launch of a crackdown on driving offences, police said today.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said that 341 tickets were issued as part of Operation Vega in the last two weeks alone...
DATE: Jan 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Drive for Change
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A mother who announced on social media she would quit her dream job with an environmental charity to care for her teenage daughter who had a tumour said yesterday she was stunned the post had been seen by almost three million people.
Katie Berry, who...
DATE: Jan 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier was made aware of concerns over a senator’s rent arrears by a senior Civil Servant before he appointed him to the Upper House and made him a junior minister, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
E-mails between the Harvey family and Marc Telema...
DATE: Jan 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
A children’s rights campaigner yesterday welcomed a recruitment drive for litigation guardians for children and young people who appear in court.
Tiffanne Thomas, a social worker who worked as a litigation guardian in a string of cases from 2014, sai...
DATE: Jan 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Cabinet minister who has been off the job since last September is expected to return to the job, the Premier said.
David Burt did not give a date for the return of Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, but signalled that the mi...
DATE: Jan 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A veteran bus driver with a love of hospitality lived a life of service to others, his daughter has said.
Sonia Howes said Sidney Simmons, who died earlier this month, “just loved being around people”.
Mr Simmons volunteered for more than a decade fo...
DATE: Jan 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Farmers have had the chance to discuss their problems with thefts from fields with a Government minister.
Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, met farmers to talk about the problems they faced – including theft of crops at night – and ways the se...
DATE: Jan 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Government minister remained tight-lipped when questioned about progress on several flagship projects.
Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office minister and also the acting public works minister, faced questions on the developments as he gave an update on...
DATE: Jan 24, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan