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Gay rights activists hit out yesterday after a government backbencher told the House of Assembly that many on the island did not want a Gay Pride march in Bermuda.
Adrian Hartnett-Beasley said the speech by Michael Weeks was out of order.
He wrote on...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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Same-Sex Marriage
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
The owner of a Bermudian- based international life insurance company wanted on allegations of misuse of millions of dollars of investors’ money was arrested yesterday in the Netherlands.
An international manhunt was launched for Ramesh Dusoruth, bene...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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Other
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Leaders of both political parties have traded punches over people who did not give evidence to a committee that examined a 2016 conflict between police and protesters
David Burt, the Premier, said a lack of co-operation from the police had “deprived”...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A New Jersey man was fined $16,000 after he offered to pay off a customs officer who found drugs on him.
Paul Rodrigues, who is understood to be a prison guard in the United States, admitted having a quantity of tetrahydrocannabinol, the active ingre...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Ross Perot, a billionaire part-time Bermuda resident and maverick former US presidential candidate, died yesterday at home in Dallas, Texas.
Mr Perot, who had leukaemia diagnosed five months ago, was 89.
He first visited the island in 1957 with his w...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
No order was given to use pepper spray on protesters outside the House of Assembly during a clash with police in 2016, the island’s senior policeman said last night.
And he denied an accusation that the gold commander at the incident had failed to an...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A 38-year-old man pleaded guilty to a sex assault charge yesterday in the Supreme Court.
Jah-Rome Hill, who appeared from custody, admitted assaulting a woman in Sandys on September 6 last year.
The victim cannot be identified for legal reasons.
Hill...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A man stabbed to death 13 years ago was lured to his death by an ex-girlfriend, a Supreme Court trial was told yesterday.
The body of Marcus Gibbings, 32, was found at an apartment at Derwent Lane, Devonshire, on October 26, 2006.
Katrina Burgess a...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Bermuda and its people punch well above their weight, a top American diplomat said yesterday.
Robert Wood Johnson, the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom, added: “One of the things that I think really surprises an outsider coming into B...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Jonathan Bell
The Transport Control Department has closed for the rest of today.
A Government spokesman said a problem with the water supply forced the centre, on North Street, Pembroke, to shut its doors just before noon.
He added that “customers wi...
DATE: Jul 10, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell