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A kneejerk reaction to criticism by community activists sparked a government update on work to combat gangs, an anti-violence campaigner claimed yesterday.
Desmond Crockwell, chief editor of anti-violence magazine Visionz, said that the decision by W...
DATE: Jan 09, 2019
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Crime
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A 15-year-old who died on Monday was named yesterday by police as Kiara Paiva.
The girl was found unconscious by a family member at her home in My Lord’s Bay Road, Hamilton Parish, at about 11.55am.
Police said life-saving efforts took place at the ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2019
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A 69-year-old man denied child-pornography charges in Supreme Court yesterday.
The man, from Pembroke, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, faced two charges of accessing hundreds of videos and photographs.
It is alleged the man used a peer-to...
DATE: Jan 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
Bermuda’s former prison is to be reborn as a history research centre, the executive director of the National Museum of Bermuda said yesterday.
Elena Strong said the Casemates buildings in Dockyard would be used to focus on “the Atlantic World from 14...
DATE: Jan 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A 39-year-old woman was banned from the roads for 18 months yesterday after she admitted a New Year’s Day drink-driving charge.
Magistrates’ Court heard that Dawn Trott, from Paget, was found to be almost double the legal alcohol limit.
Trott was s...
DATE: Jan 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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The chief executive of the Bermuda Hospitals Board has taken a three-month break on medical grounds.
Venetta Symonds has been off work since December 15 and is expected to return on March 18.
Michael Richmond, the board’s chief of staff, is acting CE...
DATE: Jan 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Sidewalk improvements along a major Hamilton shopping street will boost Bermuda’s image, a City of Hamilton employee said yesterday.
Patrick Cooper, the City of Hamilton engineer, said that the project was “another improvement that will help to beaut...
DATE: Jan 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
News Staff
A 26-year-old woman was banned from the roads for 18 months for drink-driving yesterday after police spotted her shrubbery-covered car in the early hours of the morning.
Magistrates’ Court heard officers spotted Jennifer Ross’s “extensively damaged” ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
Trauma inflicted by racism has left a legacy of hidden pain, a campaigner has said.
Lynn Winfield, president of Citizens Uprooting Racism in Bermuda, said that historic and recent incidents had left people “traumatised and stressed”, which surprised ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A Bermudian actress and singer has landed a plum role as Tina Turner’s grandmother in a German production of a musical based on the superstar’s life, despite a struggle with the language.
Adi Wolf won the role in Tina — The Tina Turner Musical after ...
DATE: Jan 09, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes