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A secluded site on a wooded hilltop with a controversial development history is in line for a residential development.
But a spokesman for the developer of the 21-acre site on White Crest Hill in Hamilton Parish highlighted that plans for 13 resident...
DATE: Mar 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A woman was taken to hospital with a neck injury yesterday morning after her car collided with a utility pole.
The woman is being treated at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital and the road has been closed off while police experts examine the scene.
Th...
DATE: Mar 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A man suffered a serious head injury after a crash involving a motorcycle and two cars yesterday.
The injured man, who was on the motorbike, was taken to the King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
A police spokesman said: “Neither of the motor car drive...
DATE: Mar 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Firefighters have taken delivery of a new ladder truck, it was announced today.
The newest addition to the Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service will allow firefighters to hit new heights as they tackle blazes.
Assistant Chief Fire Officer Dana Lovell said, ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A lifelong tourism ambassador and hotel worker known for old-fashioned Bermudian hospitality made a name for himself as Champagne Danny.
Danny Gilbert was synonymous with the Elbow Beach Hotel in Paget.
He devoted 56 years to the South Shore resort, ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Obituaries
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
A popular Italian restaurant has been reduced to takeout service only because of a staff shortage.
Portofino Restaurant in Hamilton, owned by Simone Maranzana and wife Karen, made the announcement online last Friday that it would shut on a temporary ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The evidence of a man charged with smuggling more than $470,000 worth of drugs into Bermuda was “a pack of lies” that “simply doesn’t make sense”, a prosecutor told the Supreme Court yesterday.
Alan Richards, who appeared for the Crown, made the clai...
DATE: Mar 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The “irrational carnage” of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will be a major blow to Bermuda’s economy, an Opposition MP warned in the Budget debate.
Michael Dunkley of the One Bermuda Alliance highlighted the size of Ukraine’s economy and resources and ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A prosecutor has said the Supreme Court should not have overturned the conviction of a woman found guilty of drug offences.
Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams found earlier this year that there was an “appearance of bias” in the cases against Rebecca...
DATE: Mar 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man jailed for 30 years for smuggling almost $10 million of heroin into Bermuda has claimed his ability to mount a defence was damaged by translation problems.
Josef Vlcek, from the Czech Republic, was convicted in 2019 of trying to smuggle nearly ...
DATE: Mar 07, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes