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A man who was stabbed outside his home was the victim of an attempted robbery, police confirmed yesterday.
Officers are continuing investigations and thanked members of the public who had contacted them with information.
The popular bar worker was at...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A drink-driver caught at a roadside breath test checkpoint was banned from the roads for 18 months at Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Ruben Viera was stopped on Hermitage Road, Devonshire, on October 7, the court heard.
Police suspected Viera was over...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Men in sport will play a significant role in steering youngsters away from violence, a government minister said yesterday.
Michael Weeks, the social development and sport minister, said: “Sports clubs and sports teams provide youth with positive role...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A man who admitted forging a licence plate was fined more than $1,500 in Magistrates’ Court yesterday.
Jahroy Simons, 32, forged documents and drove an unlicensed car without third party insurance on June 16.
Simons was caught during a traffic stop i...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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Thieves stole the latest iPhones during a raid on telecoms firm Digicel in Hamilton, police confirmed yesterday.
The public were asked to beware of anyone trying to sell the new models after a break-in at the company’s Church Street store.
A Bermuda ...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
A doctor from one of the world’s leading universities has discovered a gene mutation in a Bermudian mother and daughter that could help to find a cure for a potential killer disease.
The two women both suffer from lupus, which attacks the immune syst...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Sam Strangeways
Cannabis cultivation for medical reasons will be legalised within months, David Burt told a conference last night.
The Premier pledged the Government would issue the first licences for production of the drug next year.
Mr Burt said: “The Government c...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A passenger on the Disney Magic cruise ship who brought bullets into the country was fined $750 yesterday.
Tourist Carl Sturges, from Pennsylvania, said the ammunition was in the pocket of a jacket he brought with him and that he had forgotten it was...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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A jury viewed CCTV footage of the murder of a man shot in the doorway of a working men’s club.
Supreme Court also heard evidence yesterday from staff and customers at Hamilton Parish Workman’s Club who saw a masked figure dressed in a camouflage outf...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A new strategy to attract visitors is aiming to bring in $1.2 billion a year to the island by 2025, the Bermuda Tourism Authority said yesterday.
The new National Tourism Plan said the growth — equal to 4.5 per cent a year — was part of a six-point p...
DATE: Oct 25, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Tourism
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