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The Government has used controversial cannabis legislation as part of a breakaway move from the UK, a shadow minister claimed yesterday.
Michael Dunkley, the shadow minister of national security, said that drug reform had been used to pick a fight wi...
DATE: Feb 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
An investigation into a ferry pilot convicted of driving a public ferry into a floating dock while impaired has been completed, the Department of Marine & Ports has revealed.
A recommendation for disciplinary action against Ascot Lightbourne, 60, has...
DATE: Feb 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Ministry of Health last night confirmed four new cases of the coronavirus.
The results were among 1,400 test results that came back to health officials.
A health ministry spokeswoman said all of the cases were Bermudians who had returned from ove...
DATE: Feb 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An 86-year-old man convicted of child sex offences from more than 40 years ago has lost an appeal against his conviction and sentence.
Robert Smith, 86, was jailed for six months for a string of sex offences committed in 1977 against an 11-year-old b...
DATE: Feb 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Minister of National Security yesterday warned that the public must stay vigilant to limit the spread of Covid-19 despite the end of the midnight curfew.
Renee Ming said: “While the curfew has ended, the pandemic hasn’t and there is still need fo...
DATE: Feb 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Senate’s independents could hold the balance of power in a vote next week on a controversial Bill to create a legal framework senators in the Upper House for a cannabis industry.
There are five Progressive Labour Party senators and three Oppositi...
DATE: Feb 23, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A dock next to the airport has returned as part of a Bermuda Tourism Authority bid to increase marine transport.
The temporary dock in Castle Harbour, near Kindley Field Road, was created in in May 2017 for the America’s Cup sailing races, but was re...
DATE: Feb 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Raina DeFontes has made a big name for herself in the fashion industry - and has no plans to stop.
The 17-year-old deputy head girl at the Berkeley Institute has launched two successful businesses – make-up service Touched By Sunshine and lash extens...
DATE: Feb 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A magistrate has launched a legal action against the Commissioner of Police for unlawful arrest.
A writ was filed by lawyers at Resolution Chambers at the Supreme Court last week on behalf of Khamisi Tokunbo seeking unspecified damages.
Mr Tokunbo wa...
DATE: Feb 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Police are searching for two men after suspicious activity reported at the weekend.
The men were seen wearing all black clothing and riding a black motorcycle around Harlem Height Road in Hamilton Parish on Saturday evening.
A resident approached the...
DATE: Feb 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson