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Planning applications will be more difficult to keep track of because of a change in the way they are advertised, the head of an island environmental charity said.
Kim Smith, the executive director of the Bermuda Environmental Sustainability Taskforc...
DATE: Dec 17, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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Campaigners and schoolboys joined forces yesterday for a march designed to get men to play a bigger part in children’s lives.
About 150 men and boys took part in the Men are Needed event in Hamilton.
Desmond Crockwell, an anti-violence campaigner who...
DATE: Dec 17, 2019
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Other
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A police officer was arrested yesterday on a charge of corruption, the Commissioner of Police said.
Stephen Corbishley said the arrest came after an allegation of a “serious criminal matter”.
He added that the officer was being interviewed and would ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Critics of the island’s child protection agency should help to improve the service after a string of abuse allegations, the Attorney-General said yesterday.
However, Kathy Lynn Simmons, also Minister of Legal Affairs, which includes the Department of...
DATE: Dec 17, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Two men were jailed for three years yesterday after they plotted to bring drugs with an estimated street value of more than $500,000 into Bermuda on a cruise ship.
Cannabis, vape pen cartridges and shatter — a super-strength derivative of marijuana —...
DATE: Dec 17, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A Bermudian man has been charged with killing his mother after he celebrated his birthday with his parents in Florida at the weekend.
Alexander Deltoro is accused of shooting Cindy Deltoro in the face outside his parents’ home in the Fort Lauderdale ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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The Committee of 25 were the beneficiaries of the TP Hackers golf group Xmas tournament’s raffle prize winnings for the second year in a row. Their contribution of $5,186 to the charity will help further its mission statement of providing financial ...
DATE: Dec 17, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Press Release
Officials investigating child abuse allegations have faced obstruction from staff at schools, the House of Assembly heard.
Kim Wilson, the Minister of Health, tabled legislation making failure to comply with orders from the director of the Department...
DATE: Dec 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Pensions legislation that got turned away from the House of Assembly after the Opposition faulted its wording was approved on Friday after a redraft.
The Bill, brought to the House last month by Wayne Furbert, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, all...
DATE: Dec 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The grateful family of a Second World War veteran thanked the Bermuda Legion for pledging to help renovate their home after its poppy appeal marked a record year.
The legion raised about $5,000 on the November 6 tag day, with the help of civilian and...
DATE: Dec 16, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell