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Ewart Brown appeared in Supreme Court via video link today – but he was not required to enter pleas on 13 charges of official corruption.
The former premier appeared on a large screen at the monthly arraignments session, after first being charged wit...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Police will be out in force this Easter holiday weekend to ensure that Covid-19 public safety measures are being adhered to.
At a press conference this afternoon, Assistant Police Commissioner Martin Weekes said the Bermuda Police Service “will be do...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Glenn Jones, the former interim CEO of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, has announced he will soon leave the BTA after more than six years.
Mr Jones said on Twitter that he decided to step away from the BTA in January, but agreed to remain at the helm ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Charles H Jeffers II has been appointed chief executive of the Bermuda Tourism Authority, effective tomorrow.
Mr Jeffers, a 26-year tourism veteran, was hired after a global search to fill the role after Kevin Dallas stepped down as CEO in February 2...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A string of surgeries have been called off over the past year because of a shortage of beds at King Edward VII Memorial Hospital.
Fifty-four elective procedures had to be postponed from April 2020 through this month, some shortly before they were sch...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Governor, Rena Lalgie, has had her first experience of a Bermuda tradition – picking Easter Lilies as a gift to send to the Queen.
Ms Lalgie and her family took part in the event at Windybank Farm earlier this week.
The flowers left Bermuda for ...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The Corporation of Hamilton has lost a legal fight against legislation that would end municipal elections in favour of appointed leadership.
While the municipality had argued the Municipalities Amendment Act 2019 was unconstitutional because it amoun...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislation to ban “revenge porn” was yesterday approved unanimously by Senators.
They said the Criminal Code Amendment (Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images) Act 2021 was a much needed tool to combat the weaponisation of intimate photographs an...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Minister of Health has warned the public to be wary of false information on social media about Covid-19
Kim Wilson said that the Government was aware of a fake e-mail image claiming to be from the Department of Health claiming that a stay at home...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermuda recorded another 60 positive cases of the Covid-19 virus yesterday, bringing the number of active cases to a record 476.
The positive results were among a batch of 1,660 tests delivered to the department of health.
It is the third highest dai...
DATE: Apr 01, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan