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Funds earmarked for a Commission of Inquiry will not cover an investigation into the island’s child protection agency, the Premier has confirmed.
David Burt told Scott Pearman, the Opposition shadow legal affairs minister, that the $325,000 set aside...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A man was jailed for seven months yesterday for a string of robbery offences and assaults on police officers.
Neko Cann, 44, committed four robberies between February, 2018 and October of last year and attempted to steal a $3,500 motorcycle in Octobe...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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Immigration legislation to tackle the problems faced by mixed-status families is to be tabled in the House of Assembly today.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, will also make a ministerial statement on the subject.
The legislation was ...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Problems with two out of three industrial washing machines has cut the Bermuda Hospitals Board’s laundry capacity, as the island braces itself for the possible impact of a potential killer coronavirus.
However, a spokeswoman for BHB said a back-up p...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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Women who helped transform Bermuda are to be honoured with a tree-planting drive, part of several events in the run-up to International Women’s Day this weekend.
Women’s solidarity will be celebrated today on the steps of Hamilton City Hall from 12.1...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Bermuda International Film Festival has announced the feature film line-up for this year’s event.
The festival will open on March 20 at 6.30pm with a screening of Hero, directed by Frances-Anne Solomon, winner of the top narrative film award at F...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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News Staff
Drones could be drafted in to help police and other agencies in surveillance and search and rescue missions, the House of Assembly has heard.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said on Wednesday that a specialist from the United Kingdom...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Travellers who arrived in Bermuda on the same flight as a sick passenger who was later tested for the coronavirus got no health advice after landing, it was claimed yesterday.
The man coughed and sneezed during the American Airlines flight from Miami...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Health
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A woman who alleged she was assaulted by a lawyer was yesterday ordered to attend a court hearing after she failed to appear for his trial twice.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe added that he was concerned that Chavelle Dillon, 26, might still live wit...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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Court
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“Unacceptable” conditions at the Westgate men’s prison will be tackled, the Minister of National Security has vowed.
Wayne Caines was speaking after inmates at the West End jail highlighted their complaints to him.
Mr Caines told the House of Assembl...
DATE: Mar 06, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter