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A move to set up a government-backed mortgage lender is a “wantonly unfair” use of public money, the shadow finance minister said yesterday.
Nick Kempe also warned that the Progressive Labour Party’s plan to lend cash to public service employees was ...
DATE: Feb 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Budget
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
Firefighters were called to a tree fire in Sandys this evening.
The blaze, near Sandys 360, caused a flurry of activity on social media, but the Bermuda Fire & Rescue Service said it was quickly extinguished at about 6.40pm.
DATE: Feb 23, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A Bermudian rower has finished the challenge of a lifetime, with a 3,000-mile trip across the Atlantic as a part of a three-strong all-female crew.
Jessica Rego, 29, and crewmates Susan Ronaldson and Caroline Wilson, both British, undertook the gruel...
DATE: Feb 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The 2019-20 Budget Statement is under way.
Curtis Dickinson, Minister of Finance, is making his maiden Budget presentation in the House of Assembly.
The Royal Gazette is providing a live stream and text updates on this page, as well as Twitter updat...
DATE: Feb 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A 32-year-old man has been accused of threatening and intimidating a witness.
Jahmico Trott was charged in Magistrates’ Court with two offences, one of witness intimidation and one of making offers to provide “payment or protection” to the same witne...
DATE: Feb 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Two men arrested in connection with the assault of a 63-year-old man have been released on police bail.
The pair, aged 50 and 51, were arrested after the incident in the Mullet Bay area of St George’s on Sunday.
DATE: Feb 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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The courts made the right decision yesterday when it ruled against the Government in a row over all-terrain vehicle tours in sensitive areas, the head of the environmental charity that brought the case said last night.
Kim Smith, the executive direct...
DATE: Feb 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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A serial thief was jailed for three months after the court heard he left drug treatment court on the urging of his family.
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe told the court: “The court was prepared to go all out to help him with his issues.
“We were prepa...
DATE: Feb 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A police officer was cleared yesterday of a charge that he injured a motorcyclist by driving without due care.
A Supreme Court jury found Barry Richards, an inspector with the Bermuda Police Service, not guilty by a unanimous verdict after several ho...
DATE: Feb 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Patients of doctors Ewart Brown and Mahesh Reddy will seek permission next week to appeal a judge’s order that would allow their medical files to be reviewed by independent experts overseas.
The 150 patients, represented by law firm Chancery Legal, h...
DATE: Feb 22, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways