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Betting shop owners were grilled by the licensing authority as the watchdog asked for proof of the stability and reputation of their companies from the Ministry of Finance.
The Betting Licensing Authority heard on Monday that a would-be criminal woul...
DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
An attempt to turn elected corporations into government quangos remains balanced on a knife edge after it met firm resistance in the Upper House last night.
Senators rose from their debate on the Municipalities Reform Act 2019 without taking a vote a...
DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A demand to find out how much cash raised by the controversial sugar tax had been used to boost health was made yesterday.
The One Bermuda Alliance said it wanted details of where the $700,000 in extra cash raised since last year from the tax had gon...
DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Legislation which could see the Government raising an additional $12.6 million in taxes was passed on Monday.
The Land Tax Amendment Act 2019, if passed by the Senate, will come into effect on July 1, 2019. This new legislation will see properties ch...
DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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Politics
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The 911 emergency number is back in service, a police spokesman said tonight.
He was speaking after the 911 service and the main police number 295 0011 both shut down.
Police earlier said that both numbers were back in service.
But a police spokesman...
DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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A 30-year-old man was found guilty yesterday of a string of child pornography charges.
Daniel Rocha was convicted on seven counts of accessing pornographic images and videos over a five-year period between 2010 and 2015.
Rocha was found guilty at Sup...
DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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A grey seal rescued in the East End is on the mend, the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo said yesterday.
Staff added they were “cautiously optimistic” that the female seal would make a full recovery and could be released back into the wild. The hungr...
DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A magistrate arrested after a car crash in January is still on police bail, a police spokesman said yesterday.
It is understood that Khamisi Tokunbo and another man were taken into custody after a car crash on South Road in Paget in January.
Neithe...
DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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Court
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An online survey to determine an accurate number of families in need of housing was launched yesterday.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, said up-to-date statistics were needed to help the Bermuda Housing Corporation provi...
DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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A presentation designed to help parents protect their children against sex abuse is to be held tonight.
Debi Ray Rivers, founder and executive director for anti-abuse charity Scars, will provide guidance to parents on signs of potential abuse and how...
DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan