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A news story claimed 131 murders had been committed in Bermuda last year after a Caribbean news agency mixed up the island and Belize, it was revealed yesterday.
The year-end roundup for the Caribbean region, produced by the Caribbean Media Corporati...
DATE: Jan 11, 2020
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Disabled people should be consulted before policies that would affect them are drawn up, the head of a charity for the handicapped said yesterday.
LaKeisha Wolffe, the founder of A New Life, claimed that the City of Hamilton had failed to consult dis...
DATE: Jan 11, 2020
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Two men who claimed to be on holiday in Bermuda but scammed bank machines across the island were jailed for a year yesterday.
Tiberiu Gavrila, 45, from Romania, and Radu Asavei, 32, from Britain, both admitted to conspiracy to remove stolen money fro...
DATE: Jan 11, 2020
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Court
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Jonathan Bell
A stand-up comedian will share public-speaking skills at an event for women next month.
Viv Groskup, who is also a writer and television host in Britain, will showcase the oratorical skills of well-regarded speakers such as Virginia Woolf, Joan River...
DATE: Jan 11, 2020
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A “horrendous” armed robbery of a pizza delivery man yesterday sparked an appeal from police for information.
Detective Inspector Derek Berry said the “use of weapons and the level of violence apparently used in this robbery is particularly troubling...
DATE: Jan 11, 2020
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man turned himself into police yesterday after a video posted on social media appeared to show him stealing goods from a tech shop.
The footage apparently showed a man take items from the shelves in Red Laser, on Bakery Lane in Pembroke, and put th...
DATE: Jan 11, 2020
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Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A woman was shown leniency by a magistrate yesterday after she admitted an assault on an ex-boyfriend’s new girlfriend and hitting another woman with a bottle.
Romel Perinchief, 38, was given an 18-month conditional discharge after she pleaded guilty...
DATE: Jan 11, 2020
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Bermuda got high marks for friendliness from a globetrotting Canadian couple who have toasted their 40th anniversary here this week.
David and Sarah Coombs, who returned yesterday to Canada after making the island their 99th country to visit, gave sp...
DATE: Jan 11, 2020
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Jonathan Bell
A voter-registration drive will be held by the US Consulate for the United States’ primary and general elections this year.
US citizens have been invited to a session at the consulate offices on January 17.
They will be able to register to vote and r...
DATE: Jan 11, 2020
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Fiona McWhirter
Police are investigating how a prominent lawyer acquired weapons from the Royal Bermuda Regiment, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
The criminal inquiry is understood to involve the regiment’s Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel David Curley, who has ...
DATE: Jan 10, 2020
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