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DATE: Mar 14, 2019
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A trio of chefs at a Hamilton restaurant are to donate their hair to charity and shave their heads to raise money for cancer research.
The chefs at Rosa’s Cantina on Front Street, will give their hair to Locks of Love, a US charity that makes wigs fo...
DATE: Mar 14, 2019
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The Premier shouldered the blame yesterday for a deleted paragraph in a document that triggered Bermuda’s inclusion on an EU blacklist of noncooperative jurisdictions branded tax havens.
David Burt told the House of Assembly: “This issue is one for w...
DATE: Mar 14, 2019
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Politics
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
An attempted robbery at a store was foiled after the owner wrestled the raider to the ground.
Christopher Bromby said that the would-be robber entered Bo’s Lawn Equipment on Middle Road, Warwick, closed the door behind him and motioned towards his wa...
DATE: Mar 14, 2019
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Crime
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A drug mule in the biggest heroin importation case tried in Bermuda was jailed yesterday for 30 years.
Josef Vlcek was caught trying to smuggle nearly three kilograms of the drug, worth $9.55 million, after he arrived on a flight from London in Septe...
DATE: Mar 14, 2019
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell
A doctor who wanted to run a walk-in urgent care centre in the heart of Hamilton has claimed a freeze on applications for new services will be “potentially catastrophic”.
JJ Soares said a moratorium on requests to provide treatment under the standard...
DATE: Mar 14, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Health
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AUTHOR:
Fiona McWhirter
Senior magistrate Juan Wolffe spoke for the first time in public yesterday about who is responsible for vetting people who profit from Bermuda’s multimillion-dollar betting industry.
Mr Wolffe, chairman of the Betting Licensing Authority, told a lice...
DATE: Mar 14, 2019
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A sailor on a Taiwanese-registered fishing vessel was lost overboard 320 miles north-east of the island on Sunday night.
An incident report said the Chen Hsing No1 reported that a 30-year-old crew member had fallen overboard at about 11pm.
Rescue Co-...
DATE: Mar 14, 2019
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
A top dancer from Bermuda who now performs with the national ballet company of Wales is to hold a master class for youngsters this month.
Krystal Lowe, who works for Ballet Cymru in Wales, will teach three hour-long classes at Somerset School of Danc...
DATE: Mar 14, 2019
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Controversial legislation to turn Bermuda’s two municipalities into unelected quangos was passed by MPs this morning.
The decision will bring to an end a combined total of almost 450 years of local government in Hamilton and St George’s.
MPs voted 2...
DATE: Mar 14, 2019
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