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A real estate agent was banned from the roads for two years and fined $3,000 yesterday after he was convicted of injuring a cycling magistrate.
Brain Alkon, 75, also had 10 demerit points imposed on his licence after was found guilty in Magistrates’ ...
DATE: Feb 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A former Bermuda resident has come under fire for her use of US funds as the American ambassador to South Africa.
The Washington International Diplomatic Academy, a diplomatic training organisation, claimed that Lana Marks – a luxury handbag designer...
DATE: Feb 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The introduction of unemployment insurance is being considered after the Government paid out million of dollars in benefits in the wake of the Covid-19 crisis.
The news came after it was revealed an extra 400 families had been forced to rely on Finan...
DATE: Feb 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A man charged with drink driving and refusal to take a breath test told a court that a friend had driven him home while he slept – and left him in his car at the side of the road where it was spotted by a passing police patrol.
Chris Furbert Jr, 42,...
DATE: Feb 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A broadcaster has defended repeated airings of an American doctor’s criticism of the coronavirus vaccine.
Glenn Blakeney, the owner of Inter-Island Communications and a former Progressive Labour Party Cabinet minister, said yesterday that his station...
DATE: Feb 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Minister of Finance has renewed a pledge that there will be no new taxes in this month’s Budget.
Curtis Dickinson also promised Government departmental expenditure would be kept on a tight leash in the next financial year.
Mr Dickinson said: “The...
DATE: Feb 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A wealthy casino executive who allegedly flew into a remote Canadian territory with his wife and posed as a local motel worker to get the Covid-19 vaccine is a director of a company in Bermuda.
Rodney Baker and his wife Ekaterina made global headline...
DATE: Feb 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Tourism and transport-related projects on the horizon could make waves across the entire island, the Minister of Transport said yesterday.
Lawrence Scott told The Royal Gazette that the “groundbreaking” developments would deliver opportunities for Be...
DATE: Feb 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A family has alleged that Government maladministration cost them land in Southampton.
The Darrell family told the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Loss yesterday that records show they owned a section of land bisected by Riviera Estates Road ...
DATE: Feb 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Government is suing the Information Commissioner to avoid having to hand over records to her about the payment of hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to former premier Ewart Brown.
Dr Brown, who owns two medical clinics, received the funds ...
DATE: Feb 04, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
