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A mother accused of drug smuggling left luggage found to contain more that $700,000 worth of drugs at the airport, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.
Prosecutors alleged Ranae Furbert, 29, imported cannabis, cannabis resin and tetrahydrocannabinol in...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A “consummate hotelier” and former president of the Bermuda Hotel Association has died.
David Boyd was 76.
Mr Boyd was president and manager of the Sonesta Beach Hotel in Southampton from 1989 to 1996, when he stepped down for health reasons.
Mr Boyd...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Bermuda’s Covid-19 status has been upgraded from “clusters of cases” to “sporadic cases” by the Pan American Health Organisation, it was revealed last night.
Kim Wilson, the health minister, said the change was “good news for Bermuda and represents t...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A virtual event to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the rediscovery of the cahow will take place next Thursday.
The celebration, from 1pm to 2pm, will be hosted by Amy Harvey, the Bermuda College head of science, and will run place on Facebook and ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Repairs to a badly damaged section of Harbour Road are expected to be completed by the middle of next month, the Ministry of Public Works said yesterday.
Emergency repairs were started on the waterside lane between Burnt House Hill and Tamarind Vale ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man yesterday appealed to trash dumpers to stop leaving waste on protected land after his pet dog was seriously injured by broken glass.
Jonathan Northcott said his Dutch Shepherd, Gypsy, needed emergency surgery on a deep cut to a paw suffered at ...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Supreme Court judge is to issue a ruling next month on whether the Commissioner of Police can challenge an order to reinstate an officer fired for gross misconduct.
The Public Service Commission ruled last August that Police Constable Oswin Pereira...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Royal Navy ship deployed for disaster relief and as part of the war on drugs is to spend the next month in Bermuda.
HMS Medway, a patrol ship, is due to arrive today after spending the last year patrolling the North Atlantic.
Bermuda will be h...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Pembroke man who refused a breath test because he feared he would contract Covid-19 was banned from the roads.
Reuben Mayho, 59, pleaded guilty to the offence in Magistrates’ Court on Monday afternoon.
The court heard he had been stopped by police...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The island’s top magistrate has asked for disciplinary action to be taken against police officers who failed to show up in court to give evidence.
Juan Wolffe was speaking after two police officers did not appear for the trial of a man accused of dr...
DATE: Jan 22, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson