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A former Cold War base set up to track Soviet submarines could be getting a new lease of life.
Several new uses for the former US Navy station at Tudor Hill in Southampton have been proposed to the Bermuda Land Development Company.
A spokeswoman for ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Owain Johnston-Barnes
There are “monsters” living in Bermuda, MPs have been warned.
The grim caution came as the House of Assembly debated whether the island needed a public register of sex offenders.
Renée Ming, who headed a bipartisan Joint Select Committee on the manag...
DATE: Aug 13, 2018
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Two men were fined and banned from the road for drink driving-related offences.
Rui Mendes, 31, admitted driving a bike while over the legal alcohol limit.
Magistrates’ Court heard on Friday that police saw Mendes, of Pembroke, try to overtake anoth...
DATE: Aug 13, 2018
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
The Ministry of Home Affairs is seeking public consultation on the proposed implementation of the Debt Collection Bill 2018 to clamp down on abusive practices.
The proposed Bill — an initiative announced in the Speech from the Throne last September —...
DATE: Aug 13, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
An American tourist was fined $2,000 for attempting to import cannabis he claimed he needed for medical purposes.
James Insalaco, 24, admitted to bringing just over 20g of the controlled drug to the island aboard the cruise ship Norwegian Escape at ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2018
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Court
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A 51-year-old Warwick woman has been banned from driving for two years for causing grievous bodily by driving without due care and attention.
Magistrates’ Court heard that on January 6 of this year, Tracy Trott was driving her car on Palmetto Road at...
DATE: Aug 13, 2018
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AUTHOR:
Sarah Lagan
A motorcyclist suffered severe leg injuries in a crash involving four vehicles this morning.
The man’s bike collided with a car and two motorcycles as he travelled west along Somerset Road, near St James’ Church, Sandys, at about 7.30am.
The car was ...
DATE: Aug 13, 2018
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News Staff
A pay threshold for workers in Bermuda is essentially just a sticking plaster on a wider issue, an Opposition MP claimed last night.
Leah Scott said: “A minimum wage, at its core, is just a Band-Aid to a greater symptom.
“And we have to fix that g...
DATE: Aug 11, 2018
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Winifred Childs celebrated her 105th birthday yesterday — and may be Bermuda’s oldest resident.
Ms Childs, known as Winnie, celebrated her century plus five at the Westmeath Residential Home.
She admitted: “I never thought I would see 105, but now th...
DATE: Aug 11, 2018
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MPs were slapped down for behaving like a “classroom of schoolchildren” by the Speaker of the House of Assembly yesterday.
Dennis Lister Jr issued a stern warning after images of MPs asleep in the chamber circulated on social media.
Mr Lister had “no...
DATE: Aug 11, 2018
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CATEGORY:
Politics
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AUTHOR:
Jonathan Bell