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An investigation was launched after an unmarked police car crashed with a taxi in St George’s on Thursday night.
The incident happened at Stone Crusher Corner, on Kindley Field Road, when the police car was being driven west, and the taxi was going i...
DATE: Jun 22, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Police are investigating threats of violence made on social media against members of the LGBTQ community.
The Bermuda Police Service also pledged its support for the island’s first gay pride parade, which will take place on August 31.
Stephen Corbish...
DATE: Jun 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
The Court of Appeal has upheld a ban preventing Mark Pettingill from representing the patients of Ewart Brown whose medical records were seized by police.
Mr Pettingill and Victoria Greening, both of Chancery Legal, had been ordered off the case by t...
DATE: Jun 22, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Bermudian soldiers mounted an assault on a terrorist stronghold as part of a training exercise in the Caribbean Thursday.
Royal Bermuda Regiment troops stormed a building occupied by terrorists and bomb-makers alongside soldiers and police from other...
DATE: Jun 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A sex offender will be released without an electronic monitoring device on Monday after he argued it would cause him pain.
Junius Caines, 50, was jailed for serious sexual assault after his attempt to rape a woman was foiled by passers-by in August 2...
DATE: Jun 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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An amendment to economic substance laws to be tabled in Parliament today was expected to mean companies that are tax resident elsewhere will be exempt from the regulations.
The move would set Bermuda in line with other jurisdictions that also committ...
DATE: Jun 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Privy Council has refused to hear appeals in two Bermudian murder cases.
The Court said it had declined permission to appeal the cases of Wolda Gardner and Jaquii Pearman DeSilva, who were convicted of the murders of Malcolm Augustus and Prince E...
DATE: Jun 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two teenage graduates of an alternative education programme yesterday told how the institution had transformed their lives.
Scott Bean and Kenyade McQueen have completed their general equivalency diploma at Success Academy and are looking forward to ...
DATE: Jun 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Education
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Residents of the Town of St George chose Nyon Dowling to fill a vacant councillors’ seat last night.
He took 192, or almost 92 per cent, of the 209 overall votes. Mr Dowling was elected over Alfonso Harris, who earned 17 votes.
A government spokeswom...
DATE: Jun 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Two charities each received $6,000 from the International Women’s Club of Bermuda, thanks to an art show and Christmas card sale.
Tomorrow’s Voices, Bermuda Autism Early Intervention Centre and the Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art welcomed the donat...
DATE: Jun 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter