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A sex assault case which has taken almost three years and 22 court hearings to come to trial was adjourned again this week, despite a magistrate’s insistence that it could be delayed no longer.
The complainant told The Royal Gazette that each delay w...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A woman fired for her “autocratic” management style has had her unfair dismissal award slashed by the Supreme Court.
In a written judgment dated March 23, Puisne Judge Shade Subair Williams upheld a finding that Marie-Josee Caesar was improperly dism...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The number of active cases of Covid-19 has jumped to 184 as the Ministry of Health last night confirmed another 34 cases of the virus in Bermuda.
The new cases – from among 1,191 test results received by the Ministry – included one case imported by a...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Bermuda Sail Grand Prix will go ahead without in-person spectators at Cross Island, organisers announced yesterday afternoon.
A spokeswoman for SailGP said: “While the event is very much going ahead, in light of the recent government regulations,...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two new test centres for the coronavirus have been added by the Ministry of Health for next week.
The pop-up locations are at the Transport Control Department in Pembroke and the Horseshoe Bay Beach car park in Southampton.
TCD can be used at the out...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A batch of Covid-19 vaccines was left to defrost for longer than recommended before being given to 41 people earlier this month.
Chief Medical Officer Ayoola Oyinloye sent a letter yesterday to those who received the shot at Bermuda College on the ev...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Police have called on the public to help find two people involved in a hit-and-run collision that left two men injured.
A police spokesman said that at about 9.25pm on Wednesday night, two motorcycles collided near the junction of Palmetto Road and R...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A chef, West End restaurant owner and pillar of the Somerset community has died at 58.
Donald Hassell, proprietor of the Somerset Country Squire at Mangrove Bay, was a “brilliant, kind, generous and friendly man who exemplified everything that hospit...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
General
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell, Chief Obituary Writer
Police yesterday renewed their appeal for help from the community in cracking a string of at least six suspicious fires over the past two weeks in the Pembroke and central region of the island.
Acting Inspector Clifford Roberts, speaking in front of ...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Efforts will be made to increase the number of police officers this year, the Senate heard yesterday.
Curtis Richardson, the Junior Minister of Health, Transport and National Security, said that while the Bermuda Police Service numbers had fallen, a ...
DATE: Mar 26, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes