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Motorists were reminded today of the dangers of speeding and the need to stick to the speed limit on safety grounds.
The Bermuda Road Safety Council warned that speeding was the leading cause of road collisions that resulted in serious injury or deat...
DATE: Nov 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Transport
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Young people involved in an adventure training charity have been featured in digital artworks as part of a project designed to battle negative stereotypes of Black people.
Dany Pen, the executive director of Raleigh Bermuda, said the art project, par...
DATE: Nov 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Education
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
More than $23 million is thought to have been injected into the economy thanks to the work from Bermuda programme.
Jason Hayward, the Minister of Labour, said that 638 people took up the scheme and 206 families still lived on the island as a result.
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DATE: Nov 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Labour
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Plans to change the island’s healthcare system will feature in today’s Throne Speech, it was revealed last night.
An excerpt from the speech, to be delivered by Rena Lalgie, the Governor on behalf of the Government, said the Covid-19 pandemic had hig...
DATE: Nov 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Opposition One Bermuda Alliance has questioned why a private accounting firm has been drafted in to oversee Government’s economic recovery plan.
Marcus Jones, the shadow minister for economic development, also expressed concern that the plan appe...
DATE: Nov 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A second man has been arrested in connection with a sex assault and burglary at knifepoint last month, it was revealed yesterday.
A police spokesman confirmed that a man, aged 20, was arrested last Friday.
Police arrested a 36-year-old man on the day...
DATE: Nov 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man jailed for a plot to smuggle gun parts into Bermuda has argued his conviction should be quashed because his trial was unfair.
James Rumley, 40 was found guilty last year of three counts of importation of firearm components by a unanimous verdic...
DATE: Nov 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
It will be illegal to fish all but three species of shark under legislation being drafted, the Ministry of Home Affairs has revealed.
A ministry spokesman said that commercial fishermen would be allowed to catch Galapagos and smooth dogfish, the two...
DATE: Nov 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A member of the public has lost more than $10,000 in a scam investment scheme that promised high returns.
A police spokesman highlighted a second scheme where fraudsters tried to obtain private financial details of victims.
He explained the first fra...
DATE: Nov 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The trial of a husband and wife charged with breaches of Covid-19 quarantine regulations was today adjourned because of scheduling conflicts.
Magistrates’ Court heard that the trial of Sophia Cannonier, 52, and Michael Watson, 46, was scheduled to st...
DATE: Nov 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson