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A Sandys man left Supreme Court in handcuffs yesterday after he was found guilty of smuggling gun parts into the island.
James Rumley, 39, was found guilty by a unanimous verdict of three charges that he imported firearm components in June and Octobe...
DATE: Nov 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The president of the Bermuda Industrial Union yesterday defended dock-workers who downed tools after a colleague was suspended.
Chris Furbert said that 32 union members at Hamilton Docks took action last Thursday after relations with management compa...
DATE: Nov 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
Former government minister and real estate agent Leonard Gibbons has died.
Mr Gibbons was 82.
Mr Gibbons’s daughter, Susan Gray, said her father was an honest and generous man who was very outgoing in his public life.
Ms Gray added: “Dad was a people...
DATE: Nov 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan
A returned resident who was in quarantine has become the latest person to test positive for the coronavirus.
It was the only case out of 853 test results that came back to the Ministry of Health on Wednesday.
The resident came to the island from Atla...
DATE: Nov 27, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Rhode Island-bound yacht made an unexpected return to the island last night after a crew member was injured in bad weather.
Bermuda Maritime Operations said the 50ft Peekaboo arrived in Bermuda on November 12 from Rhode Island and set out to retur...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A returned resident who was in quarantine has become the latest person to test positive for the coronavirus.
It was the only case out of 853 test results that came back to the Ministry of Health yesterday.
The resident came to the island from Atlanta...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Minister of National Security has asked police to make sure notice is given before any training exercises that could affect nearby residents.
Renee Ming’s request came after sounds heard from the Bermuda Police Service Prospect headquarters in De...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A team of Bermudian entrepreneurs has been chosen as the new leaseholders of the beachside café at Horseshoe Bay.
Delton Ebbin, Carl Vincent and Devon Simons – together, Horseshoe Bay Live – were unveiled as the winning bidders at a press conference ...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Britain’s Overseas Territories minister has resigned after the Conservative Party government yesterday announced it was cutting its foreign aid budget.
Baroness Sugg, who was appointed Foreign Office Parliamentary Secretary for Overseas Territories a...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A seventh Bermuda Hospitals Board staff member has tested positive for the coronavirus, it has been confirmed.
The staff member was one of two new cases identified by Government yesterday.
A BHB spokeswoman said: “One of the cases reported by Governm...
DATE: Nov 26, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Gareth Finighan