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Truth and reconciliation efforts by an anti-racism group have won international praise.
Now, Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda talks are to be used as a framework for discussions in Canada over the treatment of its First Nations peoples. The annou...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A government minister rejected advice from civil servants to block all-terrain vehicle tours on the Railway Trail, a court heard.
The Supreme Court heard yesterday in a civil case that Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, overru...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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Court
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Two men denied an assault on a neighbour in an argument about a dog.
Meshack Crichton, 20, and Kevin Davis, 57, from Warwick, both pleaded not guilty on Monday to causing grievous bodily harm to Edward DeSilva-Ottley on Random Lane on Thursday.
Prose...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A clerk from the British Parliament has been seconded to Bermuda to work on financial oversight with the Public Accounts Committee.
Stephen McGinness, the Clerk of the House of Commons’ PAC, will work alongside the Bermuda equivalent to scrutinise va...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A bookstore said yesterday a cyberattack on its computer system could have “wrecked” the business.
The owners of the Bermuda Bookstore said the ransomware attack, in which hackers freeze a company’s data and demand cash to unlock it, had meant the lo...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
Police warned motorists to always drive with their doors locked after a man on a motorbike was filmed opening the driver’s door of a moving car.
The video, shot on York Street, St George’s, also showed the man moments earlier attempt to open the door...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A businesswoman will continue her father’s work for the Corporation of St George after she won an election to represent the town as a councillor.
Cyniqua Anderson beat Mark Soares by more than three votes to one at the polls yesterday.
She is the dau...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A woman who claimed she was raped 30 years ago denied yesterday ever having “consensual” sex with her alleged attacker.
Kamal Worrell, for the defence, suggested that she had sex with his client on at least three occasions, twice in her family home a...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A primary school has raised $1,500 for a scholarship to help African children afford a high school education.
The cash raised at St George’s Preparatory School will go towards a target of $6,300, to be used to sponsor the high school education of 63 ...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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Bar bosses clashed with police over their stance on security at a sports club after an early-morning brawl left six people injured.
Superintendent James Howard said operators were obliged to make sure customers behaved, but Southampton Rangers Sports...
DATE: Feb 06, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter