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Police appealed for witnesses yesterday after a gun was reportedly pointed at a man in Spanish Point Park on Tuesday afternoon.
No shots were fired and no one was hurt in the incident.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said: “Investigators have asce...
DATE: Oct 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda’s confirmed active cases of Covid-19 have nearly doubled in the past week, health officials revealed yesterday – with 75 cases, including one person being treated in hospital.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, also listed the easing of a strin...
DATE: Oct 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A green transport entrepreneur, riding high on a new e-scooter service, is offering free rides to get more cars off the island’s roads.
Alex Marshall, founder of the Whip Ride Share business, launched in May, spoke this week after the service passed ...
DATE: Oct 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Senators approved legislation which would allow external auditing for the Bermuda College to help the institution maintain international accreditation.
Owen Darrell, the Junior Minister for the Cabinet Office, Education, and Public Works, said the Ne...
DATE: Oct 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A meeting between the Government and the Auditor-General should take place to work out how to tackle about 130 years of financial statements in arrears, a former senator said yesterday.
James Jardine highlighted the importance of up-to-date audited a...
DATE: Oct 06, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police have seized suspected cannabis, $10,000 in cash and jewellery after raiding four homes.
Five people were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to import controlled drugs, firearms and ammunition into Bermuda, as well as money laundering offences...
DATE: Oct 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Devonshire couple were on cloud nine this week after capturing an image so bizarre that the man who photographed it thought people would doubt his sanity.
“I’m glad my wife was with me, because otherwise nobody would believe it,” Keith Purvey told ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man who violently sexually assaulted a care worker while she walked to work was yesterday jailed for 11 years.
The Supreme Court heard that Ronald Kirkland Simmons, 39, attempted to pull the victim behind a gate and held a knife to her neck before ...
DATE: Oct 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man found with 32 rounds of ammunition hidden in a Thermos was sentenced to spend 12 years behind bars yesterday.
Counsel for Christopher Perinchief argued that he deserved a shorter sentence due to both his guilty plea and a sentencing discount es...
DATE: Oct 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 38-year-old man is being treated in intensive care after a crash between a car and a motorcycle.
The Bermuda Police Service said the incident happened last Sunday at 7.40pm at the junction of Montpelier Road and Happy Valley Road in Devonshire.
A p...
DATE: Oct 05, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
News Staff