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The Government has reduced the number of recreational lobster diver licences amid concerns about the health of the lobster population.
A cap of 375 licences will be in place for 2019-20, to reflect the fact only 354 divers applied for licences last y...
DATE: Jul 31, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Cup Match is my favourite Bermuda tradition. It is a celebration of our culture and one of the best occasions to experience our traditional cuisine, our creative fashion sense, true Bermudian hospitality and of course, two days of exciting cricket.
M...
DATE: Jul 31, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Three men who denied charges relating to bank fraud will get a trial date after they waited for more than six months.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe ordered Eldon Robinson, Tiberiu Gavrila and Radu Asavei to appear in Magistrates’ Court on August 12 t...
DATE: Jul 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Two men accused of bank fraud will be released on $10,000 bail today.
Vladimir Vasilev, 31, and Nikola Aleksandrov, 40, are scheduled to be released from custody after they provided the police with passcodes to their phones over the weekend.
The pair...
DATE: Jul 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A 54-year-old man who committed a string of sex offences against a ten-year-old girl more than two decades ago was sentenced yesterday to 12 years in prison.
The woman’s victim impact statement read in Supreme Court said Pernell Brangman “groomed and...
DATE: Jul 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
The Premier laid down a challenge for the Leader of the Opposition to come up with a plan to boost the economy instead of repeating “slogan after slogan” without substance.
David Burt offered Craig Cannonier, the One Bermuda Alliance leader, six week...
DATE: Jul 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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Young people are to get the chance to live and work in Ghana as part of a plan to tackle gang violence.
The governments in Bermuda and Ghana struck the deal after top officials from the West African country, including Papa Owusu-Ankomah, Ghana’s High...
DATE: Jul 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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More than 160 seniors yesterday celebrated the third annual Tee’l Pre Cup Match and Emancipation Day tea.
The event, organised by Terry Smith and held at Somerset Cricket Club, attracted the biggest attendance of seniors in its three-year history, in...
DATE: Jul 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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The approach of Cup Match has prompted a fresh appeal for one day of the holiday, which commemorates the emancipation of Bermuda’s slaves in 1834, to honour the Bermudian ex-slave and abolitionist Mary Prince.
Craig Cannonier, the One Bermuda Allianc...
DATE: Jul 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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The flagship of environmental charity Greenpeace has docked in Bermuda before it heads out to sea for an expedition to the Sargasso Sea.
The MV Esperanza, on a pole-to-pole mission to highlight threats to the ocean environment, is scheduled to survey...
DATE: Jul 30, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes