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An East End Christmas light show in the heart of St George is to go ahead despite the Covid-19 pandemic.
The annual Christmas Lights Wonderland will be held in Somers Garden, although other traditional festive events in the Olde Towne have been cance...
DATE: Nov 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The fisheries department will find it difficult to catch and punish poachers because of a lack of resources, a marine biologist warned yesterday.
Thaddeus Murdoch, the former head of the marine research programme BREAM, said he supported a Government...
DATE: Nov 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man accused of smuggling gun parts told the Supreme Court yesterday that he had “no idea” how the parts came to be in packages he sent to Bermuda.
James Rumley, 39, said he posted the first package on behalf of a customer through his work with a US...
DATE: Nov 25, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
DATE: Nov 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Event
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AUTHOR:
Akil Simmons
Up to $8 million could be generated for the economy when the second season of an international sailing event begins next spring, the Bermuda Tourism Authority said.
The Bermuda Grand Prix will launch the SailGP 2021-22 calendar on the waters of the G...
DATE: Nov 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
More than a third of people – 42 per cent – lost income because of the Covid-19 pandemic, a poll revealed yesterday.
The Global Research poll showed that 27 per cent of those surveyed had been laid off or had their hours reduced and that 8 per cent l...
DATE: Nov 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Bermuda’s top magistrate has hit back at claims that the court system is riddled with inefficiencies and incompetence.
Juan Wolffe, the senior magistrate, defended the lower court after top lawyer Jerome Lynch QC claimed lat week that defendants on t...
DATE: Nov 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
The King Edward VII Memorial Hospital’s oldest patient celebrated her 107th birthday with a drive-by event and a visit from the Premier yesterday – who revealed he was celebrating his own birthday as well.
David Burt gave flowers and a birthday card ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A man charged with concealment of gun in a parcel shipped to Bermuda was caught on camera at the offices of the US courier from where the contraband was sent, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.
James Rumley, of Spring Benny Road, Sandys, has pleaded ...
DATE: Nov 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A Bermudian historian said the compulsory purchase of land in Tucker’s Town could be branded a land grab despite the creation of laws to allow it.
Theodore Francis told the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Land Losses yesterday that the island’s p...
DATE: Nov 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
