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Four people charged in connection with a failed hotel development on Hamilton’s Par-la-Ville car park are scheduled to return to Supreme Court next month.
Michael MacLean, who planned to build the hotel, appeared in Supreme Court yesterday along with...
DATE: Sep 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A Bermudian who once slept rough on the streets of Britain plans to sail the “seven seas” as he prepares to study for a yacht master’s certificate.
Nigel Davies, 30, who was brought up in Manchester, England, found himself embroiled in a life of cri...
DATE: Sep 05, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A special event designed to kit out hundreds of pupils for the new school term is to be held tomorrow.
Organisers of the annual Back to School Extravaganza said new sponsors had been recruited to help prepare youngsters for their first day back in th...
DATE: Sep 05, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A farm scheme will be the next tool to steer young people away from a life of violence in Bermuda.
Wayne Caines, the Minister of National Security, said the initiative was a “phenomenal opportunity” that would provide therapy and support as well as e...
DATE: Sep 05, 2018
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Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Three women were treated for minor injuries after a boat hit the rocks in the Great Sound.
A police spokesman said marine unit officers were sent to a half-submerged boat in the waters near Pearl Island on Monday night.
The police found that two priv...
DATE: Sep 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A memorial ceremony this weekend for Bernard Fox, a St David’s islander who celebrated his Pequot Indian heritage, marked history for Bermudians descended from Native Americans.
Mr Fox, who died last month aged 86, was given a traditional sendoff at ...
DATE: Sep 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
It was another dark day on a sunshine paradise, as Bermuda woke again to the news of a young life lost.
The death of 25-year-old Danshun Swann moved the island’s national security minister to work harder for harmony — and he has now called on the pub...
DATE: Sep 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Crime
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The island’s gang violence reduction co-ordinator is in line to get his one-year contract extended, the national security minister said.
Leroy Bean, a pastor, was appointed to the $92,000-a-year job last October. Wayne Caines said at the time that Mr...
DATE: Sep 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
The Premier and the Minister of National Security launched a dual financial technology charm offensive in Europe.
David Burt, also the finance minister, told a blockchain policy conference in Paris that Bermuda had become “a world leader in regulatio...
DATE: Sep 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A construction firm was charged today with breaches of the Health Insurance Act and false accounting.
RMS Construction, represented in Magistrates’ Court by owner Ricky Sousa, denied dishonestly making $1,100 of deductions from an employee’s pay by f...
DATE: Sep 05, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Court
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes