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A motorcyclist who admitted being more than two and a half times the legal alcohol limit when he was in collision with a car was sent to DUI Court.
Shawn Showers, 49, pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday to drink driving.
The court hear...
DATE: Nov 20, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
The Department of Parks today asked the public to apply for permits for events in public areas at least two weeks in advance after a spate last-minute requests.
A Government spokesman said more people were holding events at beaches and parks because ...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two cases of the coronavirus were found after airport arrival tests, the Government said today.
The positive tests were among 526 results that came back to health officials yesterday.
A health department spokesman said that the new cases were on a fl...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A bank has signed up to help a children’s charity deliver toys and essential items to families for Christmas.
HSBC today announced today it would back the Toys for Tots campaign, organised by the Coalition for the Protection of Children, for the seco...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Power firm Belco said today that recently installed equipment at its new power plant was designed to prevent a repeat of the problem that caused soot to land on homes around its plant.
Belco was flooded with complaints from area residents and MPs in ...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
Companies affiliated with a cryptocurrency exchange facing criminal and civil charges in the United States for allegedly facilitating money laundering may yet get a licence to operate in Bermuda, according to the Government’s fintech consultant.
Deni...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
A scuba diver appealed for an investigation into a possible poaching incident after she found the butchered remains of a protected fish species.
Natalie Price turned to social media to spread the word about the bodies of five parrotfish that she foun...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A church pastor said yesterday that golf course operators “failed” to stop the “desecration” of graves where Bermudian ancestors were buried.
The Reverend Joseph Whalen told the Commission of Inquiry into Historic Losses of Land in Bermuda that the r...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A resident who showed symptoms of the coronavirus has tested positive, the Government announced yesterday.
All of the other 470 results received by the Ministry of Health on Tuesday were clear.
The positive case was classed as local transmission with...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Bermuda Police Service continued efforts today to find a missing mother.
It is understood there was a heavy police presence in the Cedar Hill area of Warwick as officers looked for signs of Chavelle Dillon-Burgess.
Digging equipment was believed ...
DATE: Nov 19, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan