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A law to protect the young from grooming for sex by people in positions of power was backed yesterday by the Senate.
Kathy Lynn Simmons, the Attorney-General and Minister of Legal Affairs, said the Criminal Code Amendment Act would create a new crimi...
DATE: Jul 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A girl’s journey finding peace after suffering childhood abuse is the subject of a new book by a Bermudian author.
Her Seventh Summer by Chanika Jones is based on true events and is due for release on July 31.
Ms Jones told The Royal Gazette: “This...
DATE: Jul 09, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An American investment company has countered a claim that it was willing to provide funds to salvage the failed Caroline Bay development.
Craig Christensen, one of the developers behind the project at Morgan’s Point, had urged the Bermuda Government ...
DATE: Jul 09, 2020
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Tougher measures to crack down on violent crime should be introduced, an activist said yesterday.
Desmond Crockwell, speaking after a Tuesday night shooting that left a man injured, added crime hotspots should be patrolled by Royal Bermuda Regiment s...
DATE: Jul 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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British Airways will increase the frequency of its flights between Bermuda and London to three days per week from August 12.
The airline plans to return to a seven-day service in September and October.
Twice-weekly flights to the island begin on July...
DATE: Jul 09, 2020
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Most laid-off expatriate workers will see their unemployment benefit payments end because of the resumption of commercial flights.
The Government has been providing up to $500 a week to all residents who have found themselves out of work, or with the...
DATE: Jul 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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A British court has ordered the confiscation of thousands of dollars in drug-dealing profits from two sons of a Bermuda Member of Parliament.
Marcus Weeks and Dalji Waldron — the sons of Progressive Labour Party backbencher Michael Weeks — were jaile...
DATE: Jul 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A man who died after he was knifed outside a house was named yesterday as Amon Brown.
Police said Mr Brown, 52, died after an apparent stabbing about midnight on St Mary’s Road in the Cedar Hill area of Warwick.
A 26-year-old man was arrested in conn...
DATE: Jul 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An Opposition senator appealed yesterday to the public to lobby MPs over the Government’s plan to do away with the corporations of Hamilton and St George.
Dwayne Robinson, of the One Bermuda Alliance, highlighted that legislation to abolish the munic...
DATE: Jul 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A fire-damaged and derelict government building on the outskirts of Hamilton could get a new lease of life as a boutique guesthouse.
A planning application submitted this month proposed turning Teucer House on Cedar Avenue, Pembroke, into tourist acc...
DATE: Jul 09, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes