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A woman who testified that her ex-boyfriend admitted to a 2006 murder lied because she was jealous when he became engaged to another woman, a lawyer claimed yesterday.
The woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, earlier told the Supreme Court ...
DATE: Jan 25, 2020
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Court
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A 14-year-old girl who went missing for nearly 48 hours has been located, police announced this evening.
The girl, who had been missing from a Government care facility since Thursday night, was returned safely, a spokesman said shortly before 7pm.
DATE: Jan 25, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Tomorrow marks International Customs Day, a spokeswoman announced this afternoon.
The Customs Department will host activities next week to raise awareness about the work of the department.
This year’s International Customs Day theme is “Customs foste...
DATE: Jan 25, 2020
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Last year was the first in more than two decades that no murders were recorded in Bermuda, the Commissioner of Police said yesterday.
Stephen Corbishley added that 2019 saw “tremendous work” from the BPS and the Government’s anti-gang task force in t...
DATE: Jan 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The owners of a food truck have applied for permission to set up shop on a gap site on Front Street in Hamilton.
A planning application, submitted in December by Generosas, proposed an outdoor food court at 81 Front Street featuring the Generosa’s fo...
DATE: Jan 24, 2020
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Backbenchers can earn about $240 extra a day as temporary government ministers.
Two MPs have taken on the roles of Cabinet members a total of four times since last August.
A government spokeswoman explained: “Primarily, this is an opportunity for our...
DATE: Jan 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The husband of a young mother who had terminal cancer diagnosed days after their son was born won $1.9 million in damages yesterday for medical negligence from the Bermuda Hospitals Board.
Chief Justice Narinder Hargun ruled that Kemar Maybury deserv...
DATE: Jan 24, 2020
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Two outstanding role models for children were honoured as Big Brother and Big Sister of the year yesterday.
Kyle James and Bernadette Lawrence took the honours.
Sierra Outerbridge, the mother of Mr James’s “Little”, Quilahn, said: “Quilahn lost his f...
DATE: Jan 24, 2020
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Two former Bermuda residents said fires near their home in Australia have died down, but the threat from massive bush- fires was not over.
Anne Wilson added that she and husband, Bob Wilson, a former editor of the Mid-Ocean News, were still prepared ...
DATE: Jan 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A woman was shown leniency after she admitted charges of assault and property damage during a family dispute.
Ashleigh Medeiros, 33, was given a six-month conditional discharge for assaulting Manuela and Rui Medeiros, as well as damaging the doorbell...
DATE: Jan 24, 2020
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CATEGORY:
Court
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