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A pressure group has accused the Government of hijacking a hearing on legal action to block the imposition of mandatory hotel quarantines for travellers to Bermuda.
Constitutional Freedom Bermuda said lawyers for the Government “ambushed” the hearing...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Friends and family of a teenage girl killed in a crash last week gathered near the scene of the incident and wore pink as a tribute at the weekend.
A procession of cars decked with pink ribbons drove past the scene where Amber Bridges, who was 16, di...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Opposition tonight took a swing at the Government over a delay in the implementation of hotel quarantines for travellers.
The measure, to be paid for by returned residents and visitors, was scheduled to be introduced today.
But the Government ann...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Veteran activist Glenn Fubler said he was unable to finish watching the video of the murder of George Floyd.
Mr Fubler, a civil and human rights campaigner for most of his 71 years, said: “It was so obviously inhuman – and captured by a 17-year-old g...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s top magistrate has called for a review of “egregiously low” penalties for businesses that fail to pay for staff health insurance.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe told Magistrates’ Court on that the maximum $1,000 fine for offences was “a s...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The murder of George Floyd and support for the Black Lives Matter movement saw thousands march from Front Street a year ago today. Bermuda-based companies were also galvanised to look at how they could make a difference. The Royal Gazette heard abou...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A massive turnout for the island’s Black Lives Matter demonstration a year ago was a moment of truth for the leaders of the charity Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda, its president has said.
Lynne Winfield, the head of CURB, joined the procession ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A motorcyclist caught out after curfew started and later admitted he was “drunk” was last week sent to the DUI Court.
Michael Simons, 25, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to a breach of the midnight to 5am curfew and refusal to take a breath test...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Legislation to allow on-the-spot fines for breaches of Covid-19 safety rules will be debated in less than two weeks.
The legislation, tabled by Kim Wilson, the health minister, will allow police officers who see an offence to issue public health pena...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A grass roots campaign group has distanced itself to the Government’s plans for a fish processing plant in the East End.
Willie Ferguson, the chairman of Mobilise Organise Visualise Execute – Move – said the Government’s plan for the Marginal Wharf, ...
DATE: Jun 07, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell