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A plot to smuggle drugs into Bermuda was discovered after US customs found hollowed-out books that smelt of cannabis in a visitor’s suitcase.
Marley Watkins and Adanessa Infante — both US citizens — were jailed earlier this year for a conspiracy to i...
DATE: Dec 24, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Christmas curfew is a vital restriction designed to protect life, the acting Premier said last night.
Diallo Rabain said: “We also acted early to protect the lives of all Bermudians, especially those who are vulnerable.”
He added: “We cannot again ...
DATE: Dec 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Revellers will not be able to ring in the New Year at favourite bars or restaurants because of a Covid-19 curfew imposed in the wake of an increase in cases.
The 12.30am curfew — which comes into force tonight — means closure at least an hour earlier...
DATE: Dec 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Public transport will operate on a holiday timetable on certain days over the festive season, the Government said today.
A spokesman said that the holiday schedule will run from December 25 to 28 and from January 1 to 3.
Bus schedules can be found he...
DATE: Dec 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A woman who spearheaded her family’s near 50-year battle for justice over a land theft said she that hoped the struggle would be over before she died.
Barbara Brown, 90, the mother of the late MP Walton Brown, who paved the way for a Commission of In...
DATE: Dec 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Children aged between 5 and 11 could get the Covid-19 vaccine after new recommendations by health watchdogs in the UK.
The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation in Britain said that children in the age group who were vulnerable should get t...
DATE: Dec 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An under-fire shipping agent whose discount meat deliveries failed to materialise on time has announced that a consignment had arrived on the island.
Kevin Simmons, of Ekko Trading Bermuda in New York, who had faced a barrage of criticism from disapp...
DATE: Dec 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A mother and son team have turned their home into a festive spectacle with a 15-foot-long Christmas village that spans two rooms.
Jane Smith, 65, and her son, Roger, 43, spent two months and more than $7,000 to create the display in their Southampton...
DATE: Dec 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Two major property deals carried out more than 50 years ago were fraudulent, a hearing into allegations of land grabs ruled.
A report from the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses said that several men were part of a “criminal conspiracy” ...
DATE: Dec 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two US citizens found guilty of the importation of $102,400 worth of cannabis resin have had their sentences increased by the Supreme Court.
Marley Watkins, 39, a resident at the time, had his original Magistrates’ Court sentence of nine months, with...
DATE: Dec 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan