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The Supreme Court has rejected a bid to seize $400,000 from the wife of a man convicted of money laundering in Ecuador.
The court heard that the money was transferred into a SunLife account owned by Esmeralda Patino in 2015.
While Ms Patino said the ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Researchers are on the lookout for a disease that could be a threat to Bermuda’s coral population — although no cases have been spotted locally.
Robbie Smith, curator for the Natural History Museum at the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo, said stony c...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new “micro forest” sprang-up in Warwick at the weekend as volunteers toiled for eight hours to transform a stretch of land by the roadside into a kaleidoscope of colour.
The Bermuda Zoological Society spearheaded the project, and with backing from ...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Charities have been invited to receive first-hand training on board development.
The Inter-Agency Committee for Children, Families and the Community will hold a three-part virtual training series targeted at new or less experienced non-profit board m...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A group of financial assistance recipients have completed a pilot financial literacy programme launched by the Ministry of Economy and Labour.
A spokesman said the first 13 participants completed the course on April 6 after attending presentations on...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
George Jones has been re-elected president of the Bermuda Bar Association at the group’s annual meeting.
Mr Jones, who was first elected to the Bar Council in 2015, is a managing partner of Ocorian Law (Bermuda) Limited.
A spokesman for the associati...
DATE: Apr 26, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 37-year-old man has died after a crash in St George’s in the early hours yesterday — the fifth road fatality this year.
A police spokesman said officers got a call after 3am asking for emergency services to attend a home in St George’s.
Police were...
DATE: Apr 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Bermudian sailor who saw action in the Falklands war has spoken of his experiences 40 years after the conflict.
Danny Little, from St David’s, was just 15 when he left home for England to join the Royal Navy in 1971.
A little more than ten years la...
DATE: Apr 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
More than 2,500 people have now signed an online petition calling on the Government to drop the Travel Authorisation Form.
The TAF, introduced in June 2020 and expected to continue until March 2023, has been denounced by the Opposition as a “stealth ...
DATE: Apr 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A group of soldiers hand-picked to guard Royal sites in London said yesterday that their ten-week stint was the experience of a lifetime.
Corporal Orville Hall, one of six Royal Bermuda Regiment soldiers attached to the Royal Gibraltar Regiment for c...
DATE: Apr 25, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes