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A national football team captain alleged to have assaulted a police officer at a sports ground earlier this year has had the charge thrown out of court, it was revealed yesterday.
Larry Mussenden, the Director of Public Prosecutions, confirmed that “...
DATE: Nov 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Former Miss World Gina Swainson has welcomed a proposal for a commemoration of her historic triumph 40 years ago today with a street named after her in her childhood home of St George’s.
Ms Swainson said last night she would be “extremely honoured” i...
DATE: Nov 15, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The island’s architects and engineers have teamed up to launch a cardboard boat-building challenge for schoolchildren.
The event, to be held this afternoon, was designed by the Institute of Bermuda Architects and the Bermuda Association of Profession...
DATE: Nov 15, 2019
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The principal of a middle school is to resign next month, The Royal Gazette can reveal.
Garita Coddington said that her last day as principal of Clearwater Middle School in St David’s would be December 31.
News of the resignation came in a letter w...
DATE: Nov 15, 2019
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Education
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Bermuda’s top police officer has said sex between teachers or other people in positions of trust and children in their care should be a crime, even if the young person is over the age of consent.
Commissioner of Police Stephen Corbishley added outlaw...
DATE: Nov 15, 2019
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Ewart Brown has spent so many decades relentlessly striving to rip apart the fabric of the unjust world he was born into, some might wonder what scores were left for him to settle.
It turns out there were quite a lot.
Through 416 forcefully articulat...
DATE: Nov 15, 2019
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A Canadian rugby player caused a stir in Bermuda after photographs and videos of him scantily-clad in public caught the attention of local police.
The man became the subject of a police investigation after photographs of him wearing a “Borat”-styled ...
DATE: Nov 15, 2019
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A Salvation Army spokesman said that homelessness was a “critical issue” after a homeless man broke into a Hamilton church for food.
The spokesman said that church break-ins by homeless individuals were done out of desperation. He added that while th...
DATE: Nov 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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The Bermuda Airport Authority is working to address “unacceptable” outages of its recently updated $2 million Doppler weather radar system.
Since the new radar system was installed, it has suffered seven unplanned outages, most of which have been bla...
DATE: Nov 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The Premier will reveal pledges to be added to the Government’s agenda today in the House of Assembly.
David Burt told the Progressive Labour Party’s delegates conference last month that he would highlight promises fulfilled from last year’s Throne S...
DATE: Nov 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell