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A former police officer was given a yearlong conditional discharge yesterday after he admitted threatening his wife and causing more than $1,000 worth of damage to her car.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Rebekah Kelly, also a police officer, had suffe...
DATE: May 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Police recovered evidence of gunfire after reports of someone being chased through Pembroke by two people on a motorcycle.
But a Bermuda Police Service spokesman said that there were no reports of injury or property damage related to the incident.
He...
DATE: May 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A drop in the number of people getting annual health checks has been noted since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, the health minister said.
Kim Wilson told the House of Assembly yesterday that new patient preventive care check-ups in adults under ...
DATE: May 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Shootings and knife crime have become so commonplace they are now regarded as normal, according to the Minister of National Security.
Speaking in the House of Assembly yesterday, Michael Weeks revealed that there had been 71 murders involving weapons...
DATE: May 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Guided tour legislation returned to the House of Assembly yesterday after stalling in the Senate last year over fears that national parks could be harmed.
The Motor Car (Liveries) Amendment Act 2022, brought by transport minister Lawrence Scott, agai...
DATE: May 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Portuguese cultural and religious celebration is to take place this weekend following a break of two years brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Festa Do Senhor Santo Cristo Dos Milagres is due to take place today and tomorrow, although the larg...
DATE: May 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Entertainment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Nursing and residential homes are expected to get land tax relief with legislation being tabled in the House of Assembly yesterday.
David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, said that the Government committed to reducing tax burdens in the 202...
DATE: May 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Police have appealed for the public’s help on the sixth anniversary of a gun murder.
Patrick Dill, who was 26, was shot outside his home on Crossland Lane, Pembroke, at about 11pm on May 21, 2016 as he got into a car.
Today marks six years since Mr D...
DATE: May 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda subsidiary of a luxury private aviation company based in Abu Dhabi has been granted an air transport licence exemption for specified charter flights.
RoyalJet Bermuda was allowed the exception for journeys where separate fares are not cha...
DATE: May 21, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Conservationists have highlighted the plight of two “critically endangered” endemics on the island, the cahow and the Bermuda skink.
Nonsuch Expeditions used Endangered Species Day to put a spotlight on the species.
Jean-Pierre Rouja said: “This Enda...
DATE: May 20, 2022
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Shaun Connolly
