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Plans to build a replacement hospice have been given the green light by the Development Applications Board.
The approval means the hospice can push ahead with construction on its site at Spice Hill Road, Warwick.
Environmental groups raised concerns...
DATE: Mar 01, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Senior Bermuda detectives have completed a two-week investigative training course in the British Virgin Islands.
A police spokesman said the programme was “part of a BPS initiative aimed at continuous development of investigators”.
Detective Chief I...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
David Burt, the Premier, cancelled his post-Budget press conference at short notice Monday without giving a reason.
This follows the sudden announcement that the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Budget Breakfast, which Mr Burt was due to attend a...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
Relief for hoteliers in the new Budget delivered on Friday got high marks from the Bermuda Hotel Association.
David Burt, the Premier, vowed to extend payroll tax relief for “at least another six months” for hotels, restaurants, bars and nightclubs ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The battle to ban same-sex marriage has cost taxpayers more than $400,000 in external legal fees, the Government has revealed.
The Ministry of Home Affairs told The Royal Gazette that $411,627 had been spent so far on outside lawyers and law firms.
T...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The founder of a community volunteer group has been welcomed into the Bermuda legal community.
Clevelyn Aaron Crichlow, 26, the founder of the group Bermuda is Love, was Called to the Bar on Friday.
Mr Crichlow, who had been employed at Cox Hallett W...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A customs officer found a series of packages hidden in an alleged drug smuggler’s suitcases, the Supreme Court heard.
Zadun Robinson, 22, has denied charges that he smuggled more than $400,000 of drugs into the island on August 28, 2018.
Prosecutors ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A scholarship honouring Dame Jennifer Smith, the former Premier, was unveiled yesterday at the Progressive Labour Party’s founder’s day celebration.
Dame Jennifer, the PLP’s first Premier, served from the party’s first General Election victory in 199...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
About 30 people commemorated the 187th anniversary of when 78 enslaved Black Americans were given a chance of a new life in Bermuda.
Politicians and entertainers gathered in Barr’s Bay Park in Hamilton in memory of those on board the Enterprise, a US...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A disaster appeal has been launched by the Bermuda Red Cross for a humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, where a conflict rages in the wake of Russia’s invasion.
The charity is appealing for donations as the conflict deepens across the country in Europe’s ...
DATE: Feb 28, 2022
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell