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The timing is ideal for a relaxation of the so-called Stop List which prevents Bermudians with criminal convictions from visiting the United States, the US Consul General said yesterday.
Lee Rizzuto, who has been in Bermuda since July, said US Democ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Bill Zuill
A home invasion that involved a firearm is being treated as an attempted murder, the national security minister said last night.
Renee Ming said the police service’s Serious Crime Unit continued to investigate the incident, which happened in the earl...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A 48-year-old man was arrested yesterday after police seized $648,000 of cannabis in an early morning raid at a home.
A police spokesman said the drug was hidden in furniture.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Antoine Daniels, praised “the usual high ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Retailers have stopped shipping in two hot-ticket electronic gadgets in the run-up to Christmas – because the cost is prohibitive.
Games fans who wanted to buy the latest Sony PlayStation or Microsoft Xbox consoles have been frustrated by low online ...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The US Consul General yesterday presented the Premier with a special portrait of one of Bermuda’s early Cup Match heroes.
Lee Rizzuto, who arrived in Bermuda just before the Cup Match holiday this year, said he quickly learnt of its importance to Be...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The trial of a senior Government care worker charged with an assault a teenager in her care will return to Magistrates’ Court next year.
Kennette Robinson, 52, has denied charges that she punched and mistreated a 17-year-old girl in an incident at th...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A new moth has set up home in Bermuda – although how the species arrived is a mystery.
The “exceptionally large” fig sphinx moth was first recorded in Bermuda in October 2017 and their numbers have risen since then.
Claire Jessey, an entomologist wit...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
This year’s hurricane season underlined the need to protect Bermuda’s national bird, researchers have said.
Jeremy Madeiros, the chief terrestrial conservation officer at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, said in the winter edition...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Preparation for the demolition of historic Albert Row near the entrance to Dockyard has started.
A spokesman for the West End Development Corporation, the owners, said: “The work taking place is the removal of asbestos in preparation for the eventual...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A social inquiry report was yesterday ordered on a man after he admitted possession of more than $1,700 worth of cocaine with intent to supply.
Magistrates’ Court heard that police stopped Zjah Fari Smith, 25, on St John’s Road in Pembroke after they...
DATE: Dec 18, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson