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A man brought to Bermuda from a US jail in Cuba has had his bid for British citizenship blocked – by an almost four-year-old speeding ticket.
Salahidin Abdulahad applied for British Overseas Territory citizenship in 2018 alongside three other Uighur ...
DATE: Oct 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
LGBTQ people were yesterday urged to seek help if they became victims of domestic abuse or sexual violence at the hands of partners.
Laurie Shiell, executive director of the Centre Against Abuse said studies had shown that LGBTQ people suffered dispr...
DATE: Oct 16, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Campaigns
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson
A 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection with last month’s gun murder of Garrina Cann, police said tonight.
A spokesman confirmed the man was still in custody.
Ms Cann, 31, was shot to death at her home on Sunset Pass, Pembroke, in the earl...
DATE: Oct 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
This year’s Axa End-to-End fundraiser will take to the streets later this month after a five-month postponement caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
But – unlike past years – the October 24 event will not have an official start or end time or location...
DATE: Oct 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police warned the public today about a mystery shopper scam circulating on social media.
A Bermuda Police Service spokesman said that offers to act as a secret shopper were often made on Facebook as well as through e-mails, WhatsApp and text messages...
DATE: Oct 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Remembrance Day commemorations to honour the sacrifice of Bermuda’s Armed Services personnel will go ahead this year despite Covid-19.
The traditional November 11 ceremony will be held with strict coronavirus precautions in force.
But the usual lunch...
DATE: Oct 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
More than 600 coronavirus test results came back clear, the health ministry said today .
News of the 622 tests meant that the number of confirmed cases remained at 185.
There are four active cases, all monitored by public health officials, but none ...
DATE: Oct 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
The Government said yesterday that it had not yet launched court proceedings to try to get back an $800,000 loan to an American music promoter.
The cash was lent to Anthony Blakey, from Atlanta, and Danilee Trott, a Bermudian event planner who worked...
DATE: Oct 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways, Investigations Editor
Butterfield Bank has made about 25 staff redundant because of the economic crisis caused by Covid-19.
A spokesman for the bank confirmed tonight that 51 positions have been made redundant internationally because of internal restructuring, with “rough...
DATE: Oct 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
News
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A pop-up clinic was yesterday flooded by hundreds of people who queued up to get flu shots in the run-up to the peak season for the disease.
The Flu Express clinic at the rubber tree near Warwick Post Office on Middle Road dealt with 660 visitors fo...
DATE: Oct 15, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sékou Hendrickson