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The Bermuda International Film Festival has announced a line-up of award-winning films for this year’s event.
Biff’s programme will include three films nominated for Academy Awards as well as prize-winning films from the Cannes, Sundance and Toronto ...
DATE: Feb 15, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A man charged with smuggling $647,900 of heroin into Bermuda was seen stashing a package in his bag after it had been searched by a customs officer, the Supreme Court was told yesterday.
Witnesses said the man, Omar Davy, 38, ran from the airport min...
DATE: Feb 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Consultation on a planning blueprint for Bermuda will end in March, Walter Roban, the home affairs minister, announced today.
The draft Bermuda Plan was published in December and after the consultation period will go to a tribunal to be finalised.
Mr...
DATE: Feb 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Training opportunities for Bermudians will increase after resources were boosted in the Government’s workforce development department, the House of Assembly heard today.
Lovitta Foggo, the Minister of Labour, Community Affairs and Sport, said staff t...
DATE: Feb 15, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The woman who led the Progressive Labour Party to its first election victory said last night the contribution of black Bermudians deserved more recognition.
Dame Jennifer Smith was speaking at a dinner hosted by the Hamilton Princess & Beach Club in ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2019
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An endangered species of snail unique to Bermuda has been returned to the island after a breeding programme in Britain.
Four thousand of the Poecilozonites bermudensis snails, bred in a joint effort between the Zoological Society of London and Cheste...
DATE: Feb 14, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Environment
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An 18-year-old man has been banned from the roads for a year and fined for a string of traffic offences.
Bradley Arrowsmith-Burgess, from Pembroke, pleaded guilty to three counts of speeding at Magistrates’ Court.
He also admitted riding a motorcycle...
DATE: Feb 14, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A 49-year-old drug addict has been jailed for 18 months for a string of thefts.
Alexander Christopher pleaded guilty in Magistrates’ Court to seven thefts committed between July 20, 2017 and September 27 last year. He stole items including shirts, sp...
DATE: Feb 14, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Proposals to abolish the Corporation of Hamilton and St George or turn them into quangos could come into force before local elections in May, the Mayor of Hamilton said this week.
Charles Gosling learnt of the proposals only in a Monday meeting with ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A social inquiry report was ordered for a man who was caught stealing meat.
David Ray Jr, 51, pleaded guilty to stealing $23.68 worth of food from Lindo’s Market in Devonshire.
Magistrates’ Court heard that a customer at the store spotted Ray fill a ...
DATE: Feb 14, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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