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Non-Mariners (Photographs by Akil Simmons)
DATE: Aug 02, 2020
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Bermuda’s soldiers were on high alert over the Cup Match holiday — on shore and out on the water.
Troops attached to the Coast Guard joined forces with police to carry out patrols around the island, including the traditional raft-up at Mangrove Bay, ...
DATE: Aug 02, 2020
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The Covid-19 pandemic has forced a delay to celebrations of today’s 400th anniversary of Parliament.
But Dennis Lister, the Speaker of the House of Assembly, and Joan Dillas-Wright, the President of the Senate, have organised a full celebration for t...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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Patrick Burgess
Bermudians have been left in the dark about the development of a new arbitration centre, an opposition senator has claimed.
Dwayne Robinson said, although ground was broken on the Ottiwell A Simmons International Arbitration Centre on Tuesday, the Go...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
A lack of cricket failed to stop revellers enjoying Cup Match, they flooded to the island’s beaches to soak up the sun with family and friends during the holiday.
Normally, thousands of fans would have packed the Somerset Cricket Club ground for the ...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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Owain Johnston-Barnes
Today is an historic milestone — the 400th anniversary of the island’s Parliament, which first convened at St Peter’s Church in St George.
A re-creation of the inaugural session under the Governor, Nathaniel Butler, which came with a daylong sermon a...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Senators have approved moves to modernise jury selection and allow some cannabis convictions to be wiped clean.
The Criminal Code Amendment No 2 Act 2020 and the Expungement of Convictions Act 2020 won support in the Upper House.
Kathy Lynn Simmons,...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Police have issued a fresh appeal for witnesses to the murder of Jahkoby Smith on the third anniversary of his death.
Mr Smith was stabbed and died after he was involved in an incident at the West End Sailboat Club in Sandys on July 29, 2017.
The sta...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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Crime
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News Staff
Police will visit restaurants and bars to ensure they are not breaking Covid-19 regulations over the Cup Match weekend.
A spokesman warned that a $6,000 fine could be imposed on any premises that allowed large groups or broke the rules on social-dist...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
An amputee and activist for the disabled said she felt humiliated after a friend had to push her on a trolley to Cooper’s Island beach over the Cup Match holiday in the wake of government workers refusing to allow friends to drop her off closer to t...
DATE: Aug 01, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
